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1111111111111111111inuuu1111111111u~ (12) United States Patent (io) Patent No.: US 9,926,885 B2 Gallagher et al. (45) Date of Patent: Mar. 27, 2018 (54) EFFICIENT, LOW PRESSURE RATIO (56) References Cited PROPULSOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (71) Applicant: United Technologies Corporation, 2,258,792 A 4/1941 New Farmington, CT (US) 2,936,655 A 5/1960 Peterson et al. (Continued) (72) Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher, West Hartford, CT (US); Byron R. Monzon, FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Cromwell, CT (US) EP 0791383 8/1997 (73) Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES EP 1142850 10/2001 CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (Continued) (US) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 McMillian, A.(2008) Material development for fan blade contain- U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. ment casing. Abstract. p. 1. Conference on Engineering and Physics: Synergy for Success 2006. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (21) Appl. No.: 15/709,540 vol. 105. London, UK. Oct. 5, 2006. (22) Filed: Sep. 20, 2017 (Continued) (65) Prior Publication Data Primary Examiner Zelalem Eshete US 2018/0023511 Al Jan. 25, 2018 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, Related U.S. Application Data P.C. (63) Continuation of application No. 15/252,689, filed on Aug. 31, 2016, which is a continuation of application (57) ABSTRACT (Continued) A gas turbine engine includes a bypass flow passage that has (51) Int. Cl. an inlet and defines a bypass ratio in a range of approxi- F02K 3/075 (2006.01) mately 8.5 to 13.5.
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