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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Jorge Orlando Lamboy, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Gerald Alexander Pauley, Hamilton, OH (US);
Qiang LI, Mason, OH (US);
Daniel Allen Wilkin, Ii, West Chester, OH (US);
Tod Winton Davis, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Jorge Orlando Lamboy, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Gerald Alexander Pauley, Hamilton, OH (US);
Qiang Li, Mason, OH (US);
Daniel Allen Wilkin, II, West Chester, OH (US);
Tod Winton Davis, Liberty Township, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fan blade for a gas turbine engine includes: a straight axial dovetail, an airfoil, and a transition section disposed between the dovetail and the airfoil, the fan blade having opposed pressure and suction sides, and further including at least one shoulder protruding from a nominal surface of a selected one of the pressure and suction sides, wherein the at least one shoulder includes a boss defining a side face, and an upper section extending radially outward from the boss and tapering inward to join a nominal surface of the selected side.