Adjustable air flow plenum with circumferential movable closure for a fan of a gas turbine engine

RW Heeter, DE Molnar Jr, JM Rivers - US Patent 11,965,528, 2024 - Google Patents
A fan case assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a case at extends
circumferentially at least partway about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of …

Impeller shroud assembly and method for operating same

D Menheere, T Redford - US Patent 11,746,670, 2023 - Google Patents
An impeller shroud assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an annular impeller shroud
disposed about an axial centerline. The impeller shroud includes a shroud inducer portion …

Adjustable air flow plenum with movable closure for a fan of a gas turbine engine

RW Heeter, DE Molnar Jr, JM Rivers - US Patent 12,085,021, 2024 - Google Patents
A fan case assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a case at extends
circumferentially at least partway about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of …

Adjustable air flow plenum with sliding doors for a fan of a gas turbine engine

RW Heeter, DE Molnar Jr, JM Rivers - US Patent 12,078,070, 2024 - Google Patents
A fan case assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a case at extends
circumferentially at least partway about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of …

Active fan tip treatment using rotating drum array in fan track liner with axial and circumferential channels for distortion tolerance

RW Heeter, DE Molnar Jr, JM Rivers - US Patent 12,168,983, 2024 - freepatentsonline.com
A gas turbine engine includes a fan and a fan case assembly. The fan includes a fan rotor
configured to rotate about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of fan blades …

Adjustable depth tip treatment with axial member with pockets for a fan of a gas turbine engine

RW Heeter, DE Molnar Jr, MS Krautheim - US Patent 12,066,035, 2024 - Google Patents
A fan case assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a case at extends
circumferentially at least partway about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of …

Adjustable depth tip treatment with rotatable ring with pockets for a fan of a gas turbine engine

RW Heeter, DE Molnar Jr, MS Krautheim - US Patent 12,018,621, 2024 - Google Patents
A fan case assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a case at extends
circumferentially at least partway about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of …

Adjustable air flow plenum with pivoting vanes for a fan of a gas turbine engine

RW Heeter, DE Molnar Jr, JM Rivers… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
A gas turbine engine includes a fan and a fan case assembly. The fan includes a fan rotor
configured to rotate about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of fan blades …

Morphing structures for fan inlet variable vanes

MM Joly, ZA Chaudhry, AE Kuczek… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A gas turbine engine includes a fan section, a compressor section, and a
turbine section. The fan section has a plurality of vane assemblies spaced circumferentially …