Rotary machines including a hybrid rotor with an integrally bladed rotor portion
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsSean A. Whitehurst, Patrick James McComb
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AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsSean A. Whitehurst, Patrick James McComb
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Rotary machines including a hybrid rotor with an integrally bladed rotor portion are provided. The integrally bladed rotor portion for the hybrid rotor comprises a rotor disk portion and a blade portion. The rotor disk portion has a peripheral rim configured to mechanically retain an individual rotor blade. The blade portion comprises an integral rotor blade extending outwardly and integrally from the rotor disk portion. The individual rotor blade is configured to extend outwardly from the rotor disk portion in a blade array with the integral rotor blade. The hybrid rotor is also provided and comprises the integrally bladed rotor portion and a plurality of individual rotor blades extending outwardly from the rotor disk portion in a blade array with a plurality of integral rotor blades.
An integrally bladed rotor portion for a hybrid rotor, the integrally bladed rotor portion comprising:
A hybrid rotor comprising:
A rotary machine comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.