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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Kathryn S. Read, Marlborough, CT (US);
David J. Wasserman, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/282 (2013.01); F05D 2300/10 (2013.01); F05D 2300/224 (2013.01); F05D 2300/6033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a vane preform includes braiding a sleeve from ceramic fibers, inserting a flared mandrel into the sleeve, the flared mandrel comprising a body region and at least one contoured region, manipulating the sleeve using the flared mandrel to form contours in the sleeve corresponding to the contoured region of the flared mandrel, and laying up at least one ceramic ply with the sleeve to form the vane preform.