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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Andreas Eleftheriou, Woodbridge, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, Quebec, unknown;
Abstract
A method of fabricating an inlet assembly for a gas turbine engine, the method including defining an intake duct of the inlet assembly between first and second space apart inlet case portions, locating at least one strut across the intake duct, each strut having a proximal end made integral to the first inlet case portion and an opposed distal end engaged in a respective strut-receiving aperture defined through the second inlet case portion, while maintaining the distal end of each strut in the respective strut-receiving aperture, adjusting the relative position of the first inlet case portion and the second inlet case portion until a predetermined throat dimension of the intake duct is obtained, and locking the adjusted relative position by attaching the second inlet case portion to each strut. An inlet assembly and gas turbine engine with inlet assembly as also disclosed.