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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2025
Applicant:

Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Xiaomei Fang, South Glastonbury, CT (US);

Xuetao Li, South Glastonbury, CT (US);

Scott A. Smith, Plantsville, CT (US);

PO-Ching Yeh, Woodbridge, CT (US);

Ji Won Mok, Rocky Hill, CT (US);

Assignee:

RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/282 (2013.01); F05D 2230/23 (2013.01); F05D 2300/603 (2013.01);
Abstract

A composite tip and trailing edge reinforcement wrap for a composite fan blade including a non-woven composite main body forming an airfoil portion above a flow path and a tip adjacent the airfoil portion opposite a root portion; the airfoil portion defines a blade chord between a leading edge and a trailing edge, a concave pressure side and a convex suction side defined between the leading edge and the trailing edge, a blade span between the root portion and the tip; a metallic sheath attached to a main body outer surface proximate the leading edge; the composite tip and trailing edge reinforcement wrap attached to the main body outer surface located from the trailing edge and extends across the airfoil portion chordwise from the trailing edge to portions of the metallic sheath and extends spanwise from the tip along the airfoil portion to a predetermined distance of the blade span.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Fang, Xiaomei. (2026). Composite tip and trailing edge reinforcement for composite fan blade (U.S. Patent No. 12577879). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12577879

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