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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Dong-jin Shim, Cohoes, NY (US);
Scott Finn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis, Winchester, MA (US);
William Howard Hasting, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Arjan Hegeman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dong-Jin Shim, Cohoes, NY (US);
Scott Finn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis, Winchester, MA (US);
William Howard Hasting, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Arjan Hegeman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method for assembling an outlet guide vane is provided. The method includes providing an outlet guide vane frame having a first side and a second side. The outlet guide vane includes a radially inward flange coupled to a radially outward flange by a leading edge. A trailing edge is coupled to the radially inward flange and the radially outward flange aft of the leading edge. A cavity is defined between the radially inward flange, the radially outward flange, the leading edge, and the trailing edge. A first and a second mating surface circumscribe the cavity on the first and second sides respectively. The method further includes coupling a filler portion within the cavity wherein the filler portion includes a third side and a fourth side, coupling a first skin to the third side and the first mating surface, and coupling a second skin to the fourth side and the second mating surface, wherein at least one of the first skin and the second skin are fabricated from a composite material.