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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001

Filed:

Jul. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Andrew J. Lammas, Maineville, OH (US);

Nicholas J. Kray, Blue Ash, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 ;
Abstract

A rotor blade for a turbine engine including a blade root section and an airfoil section which extends radially outward along a radial line R,from the blade root section, is described. The radial line R,extends at an angle relative to a plane extending across a top surface of the platform, rather than normal, or perpendicular, to such plane. As a result, and during a blade out event, an over turning moment is generated in a root of the airfoil section. The overturning moment facilitates bending the airfoil section reducing damage to the stator.


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