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Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

May. 27, 2022
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kishore Ramakrishnan, Rexford, NY (US);

Shourya Otta, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Trevor Wood, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/40 (2006.01); B64D 27/14 (2006.01); B64D 27/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/40 (2013.01); B64D 27/14 (2013.01); B64C 2220/00 (2013.01); B64D 27/00 (2013.01); B64D 27/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aircraft having a fuselage, an aircraft body, at least one aircraft engine system and a feature. The fuselage defining a longitudinal centerline. The at least one aircraft engine system defining an axial centerline. The at least one aircraft engine system having a nacelle and at least one rotatable propeller. The at least one rotatable propeller having a free end that is spaced radially outward from the nacelle with respect to the axial centerline. The feature shaped to alter a flow of air between the aircraft body and the at least one rotatable propeller. The feature having a continuous rounded contour when viewed along a vertical plane normal to the longitudinal centerline and intersecting the feature.


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