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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2024
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Ioannis Alvanos, West Springfield, MA (US);
Michael W. Trudnak, Mansfield, CT (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A fan exit guide vane load member with a damper including a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite chordwise from the leading edge; a radially inner attachment region opposite spanwise from a radially outer attachment region; a span dimension extending between the radially inner attachment region and the radially outer attachment region; a chord dimension extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge; a pressure side opposite a suction side of the fan exit guide vane; a load member cavity formed within the fan exit guide vane extending spanwise through the fan exit guide vane from the radially inner attachment region to the radially outer attachment region; and the load member extending through the load member cavity beyond each of the radially inner attachment region and the radially outer attachment region of the fan exit guide vane; and the damper in operative communication with the load member.