The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

May. 01, 2024
Applicant:

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Québec, CA;

Inventor:

Nathan Tomes, Hamilton, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A casing for a gas turbine engine, including: at least one axial hairpin feature located proximate to either a forward flange or a rearward flange of the casing; and a central connecting portion extending from the at least one axial hairpin feature, the at least one axial hairpin feature being located between the central connecting portion and one of the forward flange or a rearward flange, the central connecting portion including a plurality of features that extend from the at least one axial hairpin features, each feature of the plurality of features has a pair of radially extending portions, each pair of radially extending portions are connected to each other by an upper portion and one of each pair of the radially extending portions of one of the plurality of features is connected to another one of a pair of radially extending portions of an adjacent feature of one of the plurality of features by a lower portion, wherein the upper portion is radially outward with respect to the lower portion such that a plurality of troughs and peaks are defined by the plurality of features.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…