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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
May. 09, 2025
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Ioannis Alvanos, West Springfield, MA (US);
David A. Welch, Quaker Hill, CT (US);
Assignee:
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/05 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01); F02C 7/042 (2006.01); F02C 7/052 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/05 (2013.01); B64D 2033/022 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0226 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0233 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0246 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0286 (2013.01); F02C 7/042 (2013.01); F02C 7/052 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/329 (2013.01); F05D 2260/607 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nose cone for debris deflection comprising a deflector formed in the nose cone, and an actuator in operative communication with the deflector, the actuator configured to engage the deflector configured to create a deflection air stream; the deflection air stream being configured to manipulate a fan inlet air flow such that any debris entrained in the fan inlet air flow has a trajectory line directed away from a core flow of a gas turbine engine and toward a bypass flow of the gas turbine engine.