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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
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);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
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.