Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable fan track liner with dual grooved array active fan tip treatment for distortion tolerance
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Application No.: US18660073Application Date: 2024-05-09
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Publication No.: US12215712B1Publication Date: 2025-02-04
- Inventor: Daniel E. Molnar, Jr. , Robert W. Heeter , Jonathan M. Rivers
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. , Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis; US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.,Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.,Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis; US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: F04D29/68
- IPC: F04D29/68 ; F01D11/08 ; F04D27/02 ; F04D29/52

Abstract:
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 coupled to the fan rotor for rotation therewith. The fan case assembly extends circumferentially around the plurality of fan blades radially outward of the plurality of the fan blades.
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