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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tod Davis, Hamilton, OH (US);
Christopher Lee Mcafee, Fairfield, OH (US);
Michael John Franks, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin Lee Kirkeng, Milford, OH (US);
David Crall, Loveland, OH (US);
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tod Davis, Hamilton, OH (US);
Christopher Lee McAfee, Fairfield, OH (US);
Michael John Franks, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin Lee Kirkeng, Milford, OH (US);
David Crall, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a blade is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of first plies, each of the first plies sized to extend substantially the length of a span of the blade and providing a plurality of second plies, each of the second plies sized to extend only partially the length of the span of the blade. The method also includes layering the plurality of first plies and the plurality of second plies in a mold such that the plurality of second plies is interspersed throughout the plurality of first plies to spread apart the plurality of first plies to facilitate increasing a cross-sectional area of the blade and bonding the plurality of first plies to the plurality of second plies to facilitate forming a structural core of the blade.