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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company Polska Sp. Z O.o., Warsaw, PL;
William Joseph Bowden, Cleves, OH (US);
Lukasz Ignacy Mazurkiewicz, Warsaw, PL;
Syed Arif Khalid, West Chester, OH (US);
Trevor Howard Wood, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
An aircraft defining a longitudinal centerline and extending between a forward end and an aft end is provided. The aircraft comprises a fuselage extending between the forward end of the aircraft and the aft end of the aircraft; a wing assembly extending laterally outwardly with respect to the longitudinal centerline from a portion of the fuselage; an unducted turbofan engine; and a pylon fairing that connects the unducted turbofan engine to the wing assembly, the pylon fairing defining a lengthwise direction, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a chord extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, the pylon fairing including a maximum thickness portion along the lengthwise direction of the pylon fairing located between 10% and 60% of the chord.