IP Library Granted Patent US 11,035,238
Granted Patent B2
US 11,035,238 · App. 16/787,710 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Airfoil including adhesively bonded shroud

Inventors: Nicholas D. Stilin (Higganum, CT); Jeremy L. Fox (New Britain, CT)
Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
F01D5/303F01D5/141F01D5/147F01D5/225F05D2230/52F05D2230/60
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Patent No.
US 11,035,238
App. No.
16/787,710
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An airfoil includes an airfoil body that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side, and a first end and a second end, a fitting located at one of the first end or the second end, the fitting including a body portion, a fillet portion, and a neck portion joining the body portion and the neck portion, the neck portion including a shelf, a fastener through the airfoil body, and a shroud having a complementary shape to the shelf such that the shroud nests in the shelf.

Claims (13)

1. An airfoil comprising:

an airfoil body extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side, and a first end and a second end;

a fitting located at one of the first end or the second end, the fitting including a body portion, a fillet portion, and a neck portion joining the body portion and the fillet portion, the neck portion including a shelf and there being a slot that extends through the fillet portion, the neck portion, and the body portion, the airfoil body extending in the slot;

a fastener through the body portion and the airfoil body; and

a shroud having a complementary shape to the shelf such that the shroud nests in the shelf.

2. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the shroud comprises a polymeric material.

3. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fitting is metallic and the shroud is polymeric.

4. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a seal member at a perimeter edge of the shroud.

5. The airfoil as recited in claim 4 , wherein the perimeter edge includes a groove that is complementary in shape to the seal member.

6. The airfoil as recited in claim 5 , wherein the groove has a cross-sectional profile of a partial circle.

7. A turbine engine comprising a fan section including the airfoil as recited in claim 1 , a compressor section in communication with the fan section, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section, and a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor.

8. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fillet portion extends from the neck portion and opposite from the fillet portion the body portion extend from the neck portion.

9. The airfoil as recited in claim 8 , wherein the airfoil body includes a though-hole from the suction side to the pressure side, and the fastener is disposed through the through-hole.

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 (2)
Continuation In Part 13527036 · Jun 19, 2012
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