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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2025
Arianegroup Gmbh, Taufkirchen, DE;
ArianeGroup GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A guide vane arrangement for use in a turbopump having a first guide vane and a second guide vane. The second guide vane is arranged adjacent to the first guide vane such that a flow channel is defined between a leading surface of the first guide vane and a trailing surface of the second guide vane. The trailing surface of the second guide vane has a trailing portion arranged adjacent to a trailing edge of the second guide vane and which is arranged at a first angle with respect to a trailing edge of the first guide vane and the trailing edge of the second guide vane, a leading portion which is arranged adjacent to a leading edge of the second guide vane and which is arranged at a second angle with respect to the trailing edge of the first guide vane and the trailing edge of the second guide vane, and an intermediate portion arranged between the trailing portion and the leading portion and which is arranged at a third angle. The second angle is larger than each of the first and third angles.