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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Roy F. Kruegel, Laveen, AZ (US);
Cynthia S. Byers, Mesa, AZ (US);
Gary E. Armstrong, Mesa, AZ (US);
Todd A. Langston, Chandler, AZ (US);
Marvin K. Collins, Chandler, AZ (US);
Roy F. Kruegel, Laveen, AZ (US);
Cynthia S. Byers, Mesa, AZ (US);
Gary E. Armstrong, Mesa, AZ (US);
Todd A. Langston, Chandler, AZ (US);
Marvin K. Collins, Chandler, AZ (US);
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An air turbine starter for use in aircraft or other gas turbine engine applications. In a particular embodiment, the air turbine starter has a titanium unitary inlet structure. The unitary inlet structure has a housing having a longitudinal centerline. The housing defines an air inlet, a mounting surface, and a flow path therebetween. Integrally formed inside the housing and transverse to the longitudinal centerline is a stator for directing the flow of air in to the turbine blades of the turbine starter. The stator has a central circular body with a plurality of angularly spaced circumferentially mounted stator fins. An improved unitary inlet structure and method for making such a unitary inlet and stator are also provided.