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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2024
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Syed J. Khalid, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
David Marion Ostdiek, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Randy M. Vondrell, Newport, KY (US);
Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Craig William Higgins, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Alexander Kimberley Simpson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is provided having a turbomachine; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; a secondary fan located downstream of the primary fan within the inlet duct, the gas turbine engine defining a thrust to power airflow ratio between 3.5 and 100 and a core bypass ratio between 0.1 and 10; and an airflow mixer assembly comprising: a low pressure duct positioned within the core cowl; a plenum extending along the circumferential direction located downstream of the low pressure duct and in fluid communication with the low pressure duct; an inner shroud located downstream of the plenum and downstream of the exhaust and in fluid communication with both the plenum and the exhaust; and an outer shroud located outward of the plenum along the radial direction and extending along the circumferential direction and along the axial direction over and downstream of the inner shroud.