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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas B. Hyatt, Cromwell, CT (US);
Carl Brian Klinetob, East Haddam, CT (US);
Jason Leroux, Kensington, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/124 (2013.01); Y02T 50/40 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01); Y02T 50/673 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49323 (2015.01);
Abstract
A disclosed structural guide vane for a gas turbine engine includes a strut defining a plurality of channels and a cover attached over the plurality of channels. The strut includes a first side defining a first surface of an airfoil and a second side including a plurality of channels. At least one of the plurality of channels defines a wall thickness of a portion of the first side that varies in a chord wise direction.