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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Hsin-tuan Liu, West Chester, OH (US);
William Andrew Bailey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Doane Niedermeier, Loveland, OH (US);
Hsin-tuan Liu, West Chester, OH (US);
William Andrew Bailey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Doane Niedermeier, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a gas turbine engine includes coupling an inner engine casing to an outer engine casing such that an annular flow path is defined therebetween, coupling a plurality of circumferentially-spaced support struts between the inner and outer casings, and coupling a plurality of circumferentially-spaced outlet guide vanes within the flow path upstream from the support struts, such that a first circumferential spacing is defined between a first guide vane and a second guide vane, and a second circumferential spacing is defined between the second guide vane and a third guide vane. The guide vanes are arranged such that the second guide vane is between the first and third guide vanes and the second circumferential spacing is different from the first circumferential spacing.