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Granted Patent B2
US 10,794,192 · App. 16/048,981 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Gas turbine engine airfoil

Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, CT); Byron R. Monzon (Cromwell, CT); Ling Liu (Glastonbury, CT); Linda S. Li (Middlefield, CT); Darryl Whitlow (Middletown, CT); Barry M. Ford (Middletown, CT)
Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,794,192
App. No.
16/048,981
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An airfoil for a turbine engine includes an airfoil having pressure and suction sides extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip. The airfoil has a curve corresponding to a relationship between a trailing edge sweep angle and a span position. The trailing edge sweep angle is in a range of 0° to 10° in a range of 10-20% span position. The trailing edge sweep angle is in a range of the trailing edge sweep angle is positive from 0% span to at least 95% span.

Claims (35)

1. An airfoil for a turbine engine comprising:

an airfoil having pressure and suction sides and extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip, wherein the airfoil has a curve corresponding to a relationship between a trailing edge sweep angle and a span position, wherein the trailing edge sweep angle is in a range of 0° to 10° in a range of 10-20% span position, and the trailing edge sweep angle is positive from 0% span to at least 95% span.

2. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the trailing edge sweep angle is in a range of 10° to 20° in a range of 40-70% span position.

3. The airfoil according to claim 2 , wherein the trailing edge sweep angle is about 15°.

4. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the trailing edge sweep angle is positive from 0%-95% span.

5. The airfoil according to claim 4 , wherein the trailing edge sweep angle transitions from less positive to more positive at greater than an 80% span position.

6. The airfoil according to claim 4 , wherein a positive-most trailing edge sweep angle is at a greater than 50% span position.

7. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein a trailing edge sweep angle at the 0% span position and a trailing edge sweep angle at the 100% span position are about the same.

8. The airfoil according to claim 7 , wherein a positive-most trailing edge sweep angle is at about a 70% span position.

9. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein a trailing edge sweep angle is within 5° along a portion of the curve from the 0% span position to a 60% span position.

10. The airfoil according to claim 9 , wherein a positive-most trailing edge sweep angle lies along the portion.

11. The airfoil according to claim 9 , wherein a trailing edge sweep angle at the 0% span position and a trailing edge sweep angle at the 100% span position have a differential in a range of 40° to 50°.

12. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein a positive-most trailing edge sweep angle is within the range of 10° to 20° in the range of 40-70% span position.

13. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the airfoil has a curve corresponding to a relationship between a leading edge sweep angle and a span position, wherein a leading edge sweep angle at the 100% span position is less negative than a forward-most leading edge sweep angle along the curve, and wherein the curve has a decreasing leading edge sweep angle rate in a range of a 80-100% span position.

14. The airfoil according to claim 13 , wherein the curve has a portion extending span-wise toward the tip and from the forward-most leading edge sweep angle, the portion has a decreasing leading edge sweep angle that crosses a zero sweep angle in the range of a 30-40% span position.

15. The airfoil according to claim 14 , wherein the forward-most leading edge sweep angle is in a range of −10° to −15°.

16. The airfoil according to claim 15 , wherein the forward-most leading edge sweep angle is about −10°.

17. The airfoil according to claim 15 , wherein a rearward-most leading edge sweep angle is in a range of 15° to 30°.

18. The airfoil according to claim 17 , wherein the rearward-most leading edge sweep angle is in a range of 75-85% span position.

19. The airfoil according to claim 14 , wherein a leading edge sweep angle at the 0% span position and a leading edge sweep angle at the 100% span position are within 5° of one another.

20. The airfoil according to claim 19 , wherein the leading edge sweep angle at the 0% span position and a leading edge sweep angle at the 100% span position are positive.

21. The airfoil according to claim 14 , wherein a leading edge sweep angle at the 0% span position is negative, and a leading edge sweep angle at the 100% span position is positive.

22. The airfoil according to claim 21 , wherein the leading edge sweep angle at the 0% span position and the leading edge sweep angle at the 100% span position are within 10° of one another.

23. The airfoil according to claim 2 , wherein a leading edge sweep angle at the 0% span position is positive, and a leading edge sweep angle at the 100% span position is negative.

24. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the airfoil is a fan blade for a gas turbine engine.

25. A gas turbine engine comprising:

a combustor section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section;

a fan section has an array of fan blades and a low fan pressure ratio of less than 1.55; and

wherein the fan blades include an airfoil having pressure and suction sides, the airfoil extends in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip, wherein the airfoil has a curve corresponding to a relationship between a trailing edge sweep angle and a span position, wherein the trailing edge sweep angle is in a range of 0° to 10° in a range of 10-20% span position, and the trailing edge sweep angle is positive from 0% span to at least 95% span.

26. The gas turbine engine according to claim 25 , wherein the array includes twenty-six or fewer fan blades; and

a geared architecture couples the fan section to the turbine section or the compressor section.

27. The gas turbine engine according to claim 26 , wherein the trailing edge sweep angle is in a range of 10° to 20° in a range of 40-70% span position.

28. The gas turbine engine according to claim 26 , wherein the low fan pressure ratio is less than 1.52.

29. The gas turbine engine according to claim 28 , wherein the low fan pressure ratio is less than 1.50.

30. The gas turbine engine according to claim 29 , wherein the low fan pressure ratio is less than 1.48.

Assignments (3)
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 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14624666 · Feb 18, 2015
Provisional Application 61942023 · Feb 19, 2014
Related Publication 20190063227A1 · Feb 28, 2019
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