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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Gabriel L. Suciu, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Brian Merry, Andover, CT (US);
James W. Norris, Lebanon, CT (US);
Steven J. Sirica, Ellington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Gabriel L. Suciu, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Brian Merry, Andover, CT (US);
James W. Norris, Lebanon, CT (US);
Steven J. Sirica, Ellington, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine engine includes a plurality of variable fan inlet guide vanes. Where the turbine engine is a tip turbine engine, the variable fan inlet guide vanes permit the ability to control engine stability even though the fan-turbine rotor assembly is directly coupled to the axial compressor at a fixed rate. The fan inlet guide vanes may be actuated from an inner diameter of the fan inlet guide vanes.