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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jesse F Johnson, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ; F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4162 / ;
Abstract
A unitary ceramic gas turbine wheel for use in gas turbine engines having turbine inlet temperatures in excess of 2000.degree. F. includes an outer rim of reduced axial length that is merged with scallops in the upstream face of the turbine wheel to reduce leading edge stresses in integral turbine wheel blades of airfoil configuration and wherein the fairing of the airfoil into the rim is configured to produce a reduction in the polar moment of inertia of the turbine wheel to improve engine acceleration characteristics.