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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. 11, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
William F McGreehan, West Chester, OH (US);
Bradley W Fintel, Fairfield, OH (US);
Andrew J Lammas, Maineville, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415144 ; 4151691 ;
Abstract
A high pressure compressor flowpath bleed extraction slot is provided wherein an articulated portion of the outer band of the compressor forms a slot for providing efficient conversion of core air to diffuser air while retaining substantial pressure and velocity energies. The diffuser slot can be applied to an earlier compressor stage with improved performance.