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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2024
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mingchao Wang, West Chester, OH (US);
Mitchell Boyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ming Xie, Dayton, OH (US);
Douglas Lorrimer Armstrong, Needham, MA (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a woven fabric for a composite component for a turbine engine. The method includes weaving a plurality of reinforcing fiber tows to form a woven fabric with a surface. The reinforcing fiber tows include a plurality of first fiber tows and a plurality of second fiber tows oriented transversely to the plurality of first fiber tows. The woven fabric is a three-dimensional woven fabric. The method also includes forming, during weaving the plurality of reinforcing fiber tows, a cavity extending in the first direction. Forming the cavity includes positioning the plurality of first fiber tows to create the cavity and weaving the plurality of second fiber tows around the cavity. The method further includes forming, during weaving the plurality of reinforcing fiber tows, a slit connecting the cavity to the surface.