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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2024
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Ryan T. Roehm, Evendale, OH (US);
Brandon W. Miller, Evendale, OH (US);
Robert Eugene Dyson, West Chester, OH (US);
Arthur W. Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);
Donald S. Yeager, West Chester, OH (US);
John C. Schilling, Evendale, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
Variable diameter thrust link apparatus are disclosed. A thrust link for an aircraft engine includes a forward end coupled to the aircraft engine, the forward end having a first diameter, and an aft end coupled to the aircraft engine or a pylon, the aft end having the first diameter, wherein the thrust link defines a thrust link span that extends from the forward end to the aft end, wherein a second diameter greater than the first diameter is defined between the forward end and the aft end, wherein the second diameter spans a center diameter span that is equivalent to or between 60% and 90% of the thrust link span.