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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David W. Crall, Loveland, OH (US);
Daniel E. Mollmann, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donald Lee Gardner, West Chester, OH (US);
Marcia Boyle Johnson, Lebanon, OH (US);
Howard P. Weaver, Mason, OH (US);
Max Robert Farson, Greenville, SC (US);
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David W. Crall, Loveland, OH (US);
Daniel E. Mollmann, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donald Lee Gardner, West Chester, OH (US);
Marcia Boyle Johnson, Lebanon, OH (US);
Howard P. Weaver, Mason, OH (US);
Max Robert Farson, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing tip rub loads in a rotor blade is described having the steps of selecting a location of contact between the rotor blade and a static structure; selecting a location on the blade for incorporating a tip-cutter; selecting a cutter-profile for the tip-cutter; and incorporating the tip-cutter on the selected location on the blade such that tip-cutter is capable of removing a portion of the static structure during a tip rub such that tip rub loads are facilitated to be reduced.