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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
May. 09, 2025
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Ioannis Alvanos, West Springfield, MA (US);
David A. Welch, Quaker Hill, CT (US);
Assignee:
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/055 (2006.01); F01D 5/02 (2006.01); F02C 7/05 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01); F04D 29/70 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/055 (2013.01); F01D 5/02 (2013.01); F01D 5/021 (2013.01); F02C 7/05 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/325 (2013.01); F04D 29/329 (2013.01); F04D 29/701 (2013.01); F04D 29/703 (2013.01); B64D 2033/022 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2260/606 (2013.01); F05D 2260/607 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fan blade airfoil and nose cone with leading edge fillet for debris deflection including a fillet formed in the nose cone and inserted into a pocket formed in the fan blade, the filet configured to create a deflection air stream; the deflection air stream being configured to manipulate a fan inlet air flow such that any debris entrained in a fan inlet air flow has a trajectory line directed away from a core flow of a gas turbine engine and toward a bypass flow of the gas turbine engine.