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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:
May. 02, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur P Adamson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
602261 ; 60 3931 ;
Abstract
A turbofan engine having a power generating portion of the engine supporting a fan and surrounded by a cowl. The cowl is split with the two sections being arcuate and hinged so that they can pivotally open for access and removability of the power generating portion of the engine. The split cowl is supported directly from a support pylon whereby there is no fan frame required.