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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
May. 30, 2025
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Syed Arif Khalid, West Chester, OH (US);
Arthur W. Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/36 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/362 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F04D 19/002 (2013.01); F04D 29/388 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2240/301 (2013.01);
Abstract
Trunnions having multiple fan blades for use with an aircraft engine are disclosed herein. An example comprises a trunnion rotatable within a hub of an aircraft engine, a first fan blade coupled to the trunnion, the first fan blade having a pitch axis, and a second fan blade coupled to the trunnion, the second fan blade having a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis laterally offset from the pitch axis.