Unducted thrust producing system architecture
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDarek Tomasz Zatorski, Jeffrey Hamel, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow
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Abstract
An unducted thrust producing system has a rotating element with an axis of rotation and a stationary element. The rotating element includes a plurality of blades, and the stationary element has a plurality of vanes configured to impart a change in tangential velocity of the working fluid opposite to that imparted by the rotating element acted upon by the rotating element. The system includes an inlet forward of the rotating element and the stationary element.
Claims12
An unducted thrust producing system, said thrust producing system comprising a rotating element having an axis of rotation and a plurality of blades located outside of a nacelle, a stationary element having a plurality of vanes each having a root and a tip and being disposed outside of the nacelle about the axis of rotation, and an inlet between said rotating element and said stationary element, wherein said inlet provides a path for incoming air to pass radially inward of the roots of said plurality of vanes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.