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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard Joseph Anderson, Danvers, MA (US);
Jeffrey Howard Nussbaum, Wilmington, MA (US);
Juan Mario Gomez, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 3/12 ; F04D 2/938 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 3/12 ; F04D 2/938 ;
Abstract
A fan blade includes an airfoil having a root and an integral platform. The platform includes forward and aft ends and arcuate first and second sides therebetween. The airfoil root is laterally offset closer to the platform first side than the second side. Impact loads with a trailing blade during a blade-out failure are accordingly distributed for reducing peak loading in the trailing blade and damage thereto.