Gas Turbine Engine with Forward Swept Outlet Guide Vanes
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBrandon Wayne MILLER, Arthur William SIBBACH, Jeffrey Donald CLEMENTS
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Abstract
A turbofan engine defining an axial direction and a longitudinal centerline along the axial direction is provided. The turbofan engine includes: a fan section having a fan; a turbomachine drivingly coupled to the fan, the turbomachine comprising an outer casing; an outer nacelle surrounding the fan and at least a portion of the turbomachine; an outlet guide vane extending between the turbomachine and the outer nacelle, the outlet guide vane defining a base and a tip and being forward swept from the base to the tip; and an accessory gearbox positioned at least partially inward of the outer casing of the turbomachine.
Claims20
A turbofan engine defining an axial direction and a longitudinal centerline along the axial direction, the turbofan engine comprising:
- a fan section having a fan;
- a turbomachine drivingly coupled to the fan, the turbomachine comprising an outer casing and a compressor section, the compressor section comprising a high pressure compressor and a low pressure compressor;
- an outer nacelle surrounding the fan and at least a portion of the turbomachine;
- an outlet guide vane extending between the turbomachine and the outer nacelle, the outlet guide vane defining a base and a tip and being forward swept from the base to the tip;
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- an accessory gearbox positioned at least partially inward of the outer casing of the turbomachine,
- wherein the base of the outlet guide vane is located forward of the high pressure compressor and aligned with or located aft of the low pressure compressor, and wherein the tip of the outlet guide vane located forward of the low pressure compressor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.