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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:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aspi R Wadia, Loveland, OH (US);
Mark J Mielke, Blanchester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416 91 ; 416 92 ;
Abstract
A self bleeding rotor blade and method of operation are disclosed for reducing boundary layer thickness for improved performance. The rotor blade includes an outer surface configured for pressurizing air flowable thereover with bleed apertures being disposed therein for bleeding a portion of boundary layer air from the outer surface during operation and thereby decreasing its thickness for improving aerodynamic performance of the blade.