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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 24, 2024
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company Polska Sp. Z O.o., Warsaw, PL;
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bangalore, IN;
Santosh Kumar Prasad, Bangalore, IN;
Michal Tomasz Kuropatwa, Warsaw, PL;
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
General Electric Company Polska sp. z o.o., Warsaw, PL;
Abstract
Compressor bleed slots with variable wall structures are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein is to be coupled to a wall of a bleed slot of a compressor of a gas turbine engine, the bleed slot defining a flow path, the apparatus comprising a member to be coupled to the wall, and a plate coupled to the member, the plate having a first geometry at a first ambient condition at a first time, the flow path having a first area when the plate has the first geometry, and a second geometry at a second ambient condition at a second time, the flow path having a second area when the plate has the second geometry, the first area greater than the second area, the first time after the second time.