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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2023
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F02C 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F01D 5/286 (2013.01); F02C 7/20 (2013.01); F05D 2240/307 (2013.01); F05D 2300/17 (2013.01); F05D 2300/505 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for passive fan blade tip clearance control. A fan blade for a gas turbine engine, the fan blade comprising a fan blade body including a tip region at a blade tip of the fan blade body and a blade tip insert disposed within the tip region of the fan blade body, the blade tip insert is formed from a material that passively adjusts a shape of the blade tip insert to maintain a blade tip clearance between the blade tip and an engine casing or nacelle by at least one of expanding or contracting based on temperature.