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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Courtney James Tudor, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frank Worthoff, West Chester, OH (US);
David William Crall, Loveland, OH (US);
Seth Alexander Mcdonald, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Courtney James Tudor, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frank Worthoff, West Chester, OH (US);
David William Crall, Loveland, OH (US);
Seth Alexander McDonald, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A vane includes a composite airfoil having one or more pockets and one or more spars received therein respectively. The spars extending radially away from a bridge of a vane mount supporting airfoil. The spars may be integrally formed with the bridge. The spars may be adhesively bonded to the composite airfoil within the pockets. A passage may extend between an airfoil base and an airfoil tip. A gas turbine engine annular fan frame includes an annular row of the composite outlet guide vanes extending radially between and connecting radially inner and outer rings of the fan frame.