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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Applicant:
John Lewis Baughman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventor:
John Lewis Baughman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/02 (2006.01); F04D 29/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/22 (2006.01); F01D 17/00 (2006.01); F03B 15/02 (2006.01); F01D 1/24 (2006.01); F01D 13/00 (2006.01); F04D 1/08 (2006.01); F02K 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fan system is disclosed having a forward fan stage configured to pressurize an airflow and an aft fan stage having a tip-fan configured to pressurize a first portion of a pressurized air flow from the forward fan stage wherein the aft fan stage is driven by a second portion of the pressurized airflow.