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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. 12, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Kerry E. Muenchow, West Hartford, CT (US);

Georgios S. Zafiris, Glastonbury, CT (US);

John Harner, Florence, MA (US);

Raymond P. Martina, Jr., Manchester, CT (US);

Imad Hanhan, Newington, CT (US);

Darin S. Lussier, Guilford, CT (US);

Mark W. Costa, Storrs, CT (US);

Michael R. Lafavor, Manchester, CT (US);

Scott A. Smith, Plantsville, CT (US);

Assignee:

RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); F01D 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 2264/0214 (2013.01); B32B 2264/101 (2013.01); B32B 2264/2032 (2020.08); B32B 2307/3065 (2013.01); B32B 2307/308 (2013.01); B32B 2307/536 (2013.01); B32B 2307/72 (2013.01); F01D 11/122 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for preparing an abradable panel for a rub strip of a fan case of a gas turbine engine includes forming an abradable material into a plurality of panels each comprising an abradable structure; curing the abradable material in the plurality of panels; and installing the plurality of panels into the fan case. The panels can be cured and assembled into a fully assembled rubstrip, and then the assembled rubstrip can be installed into the fan case.


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