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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2025
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Arthur William Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine including a fan section, a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement, with the compressor section, the combustion section, and the turbine section defining an engine core, wherein the fan section includes a rotor assembly defining a rotational axis, the rotor assembly including a first blade and a second blade circumferentially spaced about the rotational axis to define an intervening gap, a rotor receiving a portion of the first blade and a portion of the second blade, and a flow splitter located within the intervening gap, wherein the flow splitter defines at least a portion of a working airflow passage fluidly coupled to the engine core, and wherein the flow splitter defines at least a portion of an exterior airflow passage that is fluidly coupled with at least a portion of the gas turbine engine outside the engine core.