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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Trevor Howard Wood, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kishore Ramakrishnan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Davide Giacché, Garching, DE;
Angela Knepper, Gloucester, GB;
Nicholas Bown, Gloucester, GB;
Rathakrishnan Bhaskaran, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
An aircraft assembly includes an engine, and intake, and a propeller assembly. The engine is mounted to at least one of a wing or fuselage of an aircraft. The intake is configured to provide air to the engine. The intake includes a body having an engine inlet through which air enters the intake. The propeller assembly includes propeller blades coupled to and driven by the engine. The propeller assembly is spaced an axial distance from the inlet opening of the intake wherein air passing by the propeller blades enters the intake. The propeller assembly has a propeller configuration that is at least one of sized or shaped to optimize performance of the propeller assembly based on an interaction between the propeller assembly and the intake.