Geared gas turbine engine with reduced fan noise

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11512631
APP PUB NO 20210372323A1
SERIAL NO

17399309

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A fan section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan rotor having fan blades, and a plurality of fan exit guide vanes positioned downstream of the fan rotor. The fan rotor is configured to be driven through a gear reduction. A ratio of a number of fan exit guide vanes to a number of fan blades is defined. The fan exit guide vanes are provided with optimized sweep and optimized lean.

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RTX CORPORATION10 FARM SPRINGS ROAD FARMINGTON CT 06032

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Gilson, Jonathan West Hartford, US 47 568
Lord, Wesley K South Glastonbury, US 91 1458
Morin, Bruce L Longmeadow, US 56 594
Reba, Ramons A South Windsor, US 13 219
Topol, David A West Hartford, US 46 308

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