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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2024
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Arthur William Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is provided having: a turbomachine; a fan rotatable by the turbomachine, the fan comprising a fan blade, the fan blade defining an outer tip along the radial direction, a trailing edge at the tip, and a length, L, at the tip along the axial direction; and an outer nacelle surrounding the fan and surrounding at least in part the turbomachine, the outer nacelle comprising a stage of pre-swirl inlet guide vanes located upstream of the fan, the stage of pre-swirl inlet guide vanes having a pre-swirl inlet guide vane, the outer nacelle further comprising an inner surface along the radial direction and an acoustic treatment coupled to or integrated with the inner surface.