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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2007
Applicants:
OM P. Sharma, South Windsor, CT (US);
Michael F. Blair, Manchester, CT (US);
Inventors:
Om P. Sharma, South Windsor, CT (US);
Michael F. Blair, Manchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corp., Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Gas turbine engine systems and related methods involving vane-blade count ratios greater than unity are provided. In this regard, a representative turbine stage for a gas turbine engine includes a first set of rotatable blades operative to be positioned downstream of and adjacent to a first set of vanes, a number of blades of the first set of blades being less than a number of vanes of the first set of vanes.