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Granted Patent B2
US 10,451,082 · App. 15/237,758 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Anti-rotation feature for wear liners

Inventor: Thomas Freeman (Kennebunk, ME)
Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,451,082
App. No.
15/237,758
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine engine and an anti-rotation feature is disclosed. The gas turbine engine includes a fan case, a stator disposed within the fan case, and a wear liner disposed between the fan case and the stator, the wear liner including a wear liner body, and an anti-rotation feature affixed to the wear liner body, wherein the anti-rotation feature includes at least one mating surface to engage the stator to prevent rotation of the wear liner body.

Claims (28)

1. In combination, a wear liner and a fan case, the combination of the wear liner and fan case comprising:

a stator disposed within the fan case, the stator comprising a first stator vane and a second stator vane;

a wear liner body disposed between the fan case and the stator; and

an anti-rotation feature affixed to the wear liner body and disposed between the first stator vane and the second stator vane, wherein the anti-rotation feature includes a first mating surface to engage an edge of the first stator vane and a second mating surface to engage an edge of the second stator vane to prevent rotation of the wear liner body.

2. The wear liner of claim 1 , wherein the wear liner is circumferentially disposed within the fan case.

3. The wear liner of claim 1 , wherein the wear liner body is formed from a plurality of wear liner portions.

4. The wear liner of claim 1 , wherein the wear liner body includes a wear liner groove.

5. The wear liner of claim 4 , wherein the anti-rotation feature is affixed to the wear liner groove.

6. The wear liner of claim 1 , wherein the wear liner body includes a wear liner lip.

7. The wear liner of claim 6 , wherein the anti-rotation feature is affixed to the wear liner lip.

8. The wear liner of claim 1 , wherein the anti-rotation feature is integrally formed with the wear liner body.

9. The wear liner of claim 1 , wherein the anti-rotation feature is formed from at least one of metal, composite material, plastic, and ceramic.

10. A gas turbine engine comprising:

a fan case;

a stator disposed within the fan case, stator comprising a first stator vane and a second stator vane; and

a wear liner disposed between the fan case and the stator, the wear liner including:

a wear liner body; and

an anti-rotation feature affixed to the wear liner body and disposed between the first stator vane and the second stator vane, wherein the anti-rotation feature includes a first mating surface to engage an edge of the first stator vane and a second mating surface to engage an edge of the second stator vane to prevent rotation of the wear liner body.

11. The gas turbine engine of claim 10 , further comprising a load dam affixed to an interior surface of the fan case to engage the stator to prevent rotation of the stator relative to the fan case.

12. The gas turbine engine of claim 11 , wherein the anti-rotation feature is aligned with the load dam.

13. The gas turbine engine of claim 10 , wherein the at least one mating surface engages a stator edge of the stator.

14. The gas turbine engine of claim 10 , wherein the wear liner is circumferentially disposed within the fan case.

15. The gas turbine engine of claim 10 , wherein the wear liner body is formed from a plurality of portions.

16. The gas turbine engine of claim 10 , wherein the wear liner body includes a wear liner groove.

17. The gas turbine engine of claim 16 , wherein the anti-rotation feature is affixed to the wear liner groove.

18. The gas turbine engine of claim 10 , wherein the wear liner body includes a wear liner lip.

19. The gas turbine engine of claim 18 , wherein the anti-rotation feature is affixed to the wear liner lip.

20. The gas turbine engine of claim 10 , wherein the anti-rotation feature is integrally formed with the wear liner body.

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 Aug 16, 2016
From: FREEMAN, THOMAS
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039451/0940 →
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