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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2008
John Alan Manteiga, North Andover, MA (US);
Wilhelm Hernandez, Lynn, MA (US);
Thet Kwan, Peabody, MA (US);
Patrick Murphy, Kensington, NH (US);
John Alan Manteiga, North Andover, MA (US);
Wilhelm Hernandez, Lynn, MA (US);
Thet Kwan, Peabody, MA (US);
Patrick Murphy, Kensington, NH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fairing for a structural strut in a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an inner band; (b) an outer band; (c) a hollow, airfoil-shaped vane extending between the inner and outer bands; (d) wherein the fairing is split along a generally transverse plane passing through the inner band, outer band and vane, so as to define a nose piece and a tail piece; and (e) complementary structures carried by the nose piece and the tail piece adapted to secure the nose piece and the tail piece to each other.