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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 30, 2024
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Syed Khalid, Mason, OH (US);
David Marion Ostdiek, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Spruill, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Daniel Lawrence Tweedt, West Chester, OH (US);
William Joseph Solomon, Montgomery, OH (US);
Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Randy M. Vondrell, Newport, KY (US);
Kevin Edward Hinderliter, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is provided, comprising: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order; and a fan section having a fan drivingly coupled to the turbomachine and an airflow surface rotatable with the fan and exposed to a fan airflow provided to and through the fan during operation of the gas turbine engine, the airflow surface defining a plurality of boundary layer openings configured to ingest a boundary layer of the fan airflow over the airflow surface during operation of the gas turbine engine.