IP Library Granted Patent US 9,856,745
Granted Patent B2
US 9,856,745 · App. 13/406,712 · Granted Jan 2, 2018

Acoustic treatment in an unducted area of a geared turbomachine

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Patent No.
US 9,856,745
App. No.
13/406,712
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exemplary geared turbomachine assembly includes an acoustic treatment that is in an unducted area of a geared turbomachine.

Claims (16)

1. A geared turbomachine assembly, comprising:

an acoustic treatment that is in an unducted area of a geared turbomachine, wherein a portion of the acoustic treatment is axially aligned with a low-pressure turbine section of the geared turbomachine, wherein the acoustic treatment extends continuously from a ducted area to the portion that is axially aligned with the low-pressure turbine section of the geared turbomachine.

2. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic treatment forms a portion of a core engine cowl, wherein the acoustic treatment extends axially to an aftmost end of the core engine cowl.

3. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 2 , wherein the acoustic treatment extends continuously from the ducted area to the aftmost end.

4. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 2 , wherein the acoustic treatment forms a portion of the core engine cowl that provides a radially outer boundary of a core flowpath of the geared turbomachine.

5. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 2 , wherein the acoustic treatment forms a portion of the core engine cowl that provides a radially inner boundary of a bypass flowpath of the geared turbomachine.

6. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 2 , wherein the acoustic treatment comprises a perforated face sheet having an open area density that is from 4% to 30%.

7. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 2 , wherein the acoustic treatment comprises a microperforated face sheet having apertures with a diameter that is less than 25 percent of a thickness of the microperforated face sheet.

8. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 2 , wherein the geared turbomachine assembly has a fan pressure ratio less than 1.45.

9. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic treatment forms a portion of a core engine cowl that provides a radially outer boundary of a core engine flowpath of the geared turbomachine.

10. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic treatment forms a portion of a core engine cowl that provides a radially inner boundary of a bypass flowpath of the geared turbomachine.

11. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the acoustic treatment is axially aft a fan cowl of the geared turbomachine.

12. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic treatment extends continuously from the ducted area to an aftmost end of a core engine cowl.

13. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic treatment comprises a perforated face sheet having an open area density that is from 4% to 30%.

14. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic treatment comprises a microperforated face sheet having apertures with a diameter that is less than 25 percent of a thickness of the microperforated face sheet.

15. The geared turbomachine assembly of claim 1 , wherein the geared turbomachine assembly has a fan pressure ratio less than 1.45.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE AND REMOVE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11886281 AND ADD PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 14846874. TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054062 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055659/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054062/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2012
From: ALI, AMR
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027772/0839 →