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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2000
James Michael Forrester, Springboro, OH (US);
Joseph Timothy Stevenson, Amelia, OH (US);
Jeffrey Clayton Potter, Holand, MI (US);
Sean Joel Corrigan, Fairfield, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a spinner for a front end of a fan assembly of a gas turbine engine. The spinner includes a single piece substantially conically shaped hollow body circumscribed about a centerline extending aftwardly from a tip to an axially aft spinner end. A plurality of bolt holes extend axially parallel to the centerline through the hollow body at an axial location between the tip and the aft spinner end. The hollow body may include a forward conical section extending aftwardly from the tip to a transition section, an aft conical section extending aftwardly from the transition section to the aft spinner end, and the bolt holes are axially located in the transition section. An aft spinner flange attached to the axially aft spinner end includes a plurality of flange lightening holes axially disposed through the aft spinner flange and the flange lightening holes.