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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2025
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Thomas Van Oflen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Tod Winton Davis, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Li Zheng, Cohoes, NY (US);
Tomas Muchenik, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daryl John Burford, Coleford, GB;
Pawel Pres, Cheltenham, GB;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/04 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F04D 29/34 (2006.01); F04D 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/04 (2013.01); F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F01D 5/282 (2013.01); F04D 29/34 (2013.01); F04D 29/388 (2013.01); F05D 2300/603 (2013.01);
Abstract
An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine having a composite spar, a sleeve, and a set of lobes. The composite spar includes an exterior spar portion, where at least part of the exterior spar portion of the composite spar is received at a sleeve inner surface of the sleeve. The set of lobes extends from the composite spar and is received by a set of recesses at the sleeve inner surface.