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AssigneeGeneral Electroc Company
InventorsDavid Andrew Niday, Scott Patrick Ryczek, James Patrick McGovern, Gary Charles Liotta, Gianni Busso
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A method enables a structural cover for a gas turbine engine to be manufactured. The method includes forming a torroidial body including an integrally-formed windage cover portion and a seal flange portion, and forming a plurality of fastener openings extending from a forward side of the torroidial body to an aft side of the torroidial body, such that when installed in the gas turbine engine, the windage cover portion facilitates shielding the fastener openings from a gas flow path.
A method for manufacturing a structural cover for a gas turbine engine, said method comprising:
A structural cover for a gas turbine engine, said cover comprising a torroidial body comprising an integrally-formed windage cover portion, a seal flange portion, and at least one fastener opening extending therethrough, said windage cover portion for shielding a fastener from a gas flow path.
A gas turbine comprising a torrodial structural cover, said cover comprising an integrally-formed windage cover portion, a seal flange portion, and a plurality of fastener openings extending therethrough, said windage cover portion configured to facilitate sheilding fasteners extending through said fastener openings from a gas flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.