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Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2023
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventor:

Drew M. Capps, Avon, IN (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/04 (2013.01); F01D 9/04 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/24 (2013.01); F05D 2260/961 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rotor system for a turbine engine. The rotor system includes a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of rotor blades that rotate. The stator assembly includes a plurality of stator vanes arranged circumferentially about the stator assembly and includes at least one pair of non-uniform gaps between adjacent stator vanes. The plurality of stator vanes includes a first group of stator vanes having a first non-uniform gap between adjacent stator vanes, a second group of stator vanes having a second non-uniform gap between adjacent stator vanes, and a third group of stator vanes having a uniform spacing between adjacent stator vanes. The first non-uniform gap is positioned 180° from the second non-uniform gap. The plurality of rotor blades directs air through the plurality of stator vanes.


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