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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2025
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Colin Kling, Exton, PA (US);
David A. Welch, Quaker Hill, CT (US);
Assignee:
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/24 (2006.01); G10K 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/24 (2013.01); G10K 11/18 (2013.01); F05D 2260/96 (2013.01);
Abstract
A structural guide vane with acoustic panel retention including an acoustic panel inserted into an acoustic panel receiver; a retention tab formed near a trailing edge of the acoustic panel; a leading edge extension formed near a leading edge of the acoustic panel; a tab receiver formed in the structural guide vane near a trailing edge of the structural guide vane; and a leading edge cap secured over the leading edge extension and leading edge of the structural guide vane to encapsulate and secure the acoustic panel into the acoustic receiver.