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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
William John Koch, IV, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); F01B 25/16 (2006.01); B64D 27/12 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2013.01); B64D 27/12 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64D 2027/005 (2013.01); Y02T 50/44 (2013.01); Y02T 50/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for safely handling an undesired blade event in an open rotor engine system. In one illustrative embodiment, an occurrence of an undesired blade event in an open rotor engine system is detected. Electrical energy is allowed to flow into a conductor embedded in the blade in response to the undesired blade event. The conductor is vaporized when the electrical energy flowing through the conductor heats the conductor to a temperature above a selected threshold.