Variable fan inlet guide vane assembly, turbine engine with such an assembly and corresponding controlling method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9003768
APP PUB NO 20120121375A1
SERIAL NO

13023032

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A turbine engine includes a plurality of variable fan inlet guide vanes. Where the turbine engine is a tip turbine engine, the variable fan inlet guide vanes permit the ability to control engine stability even though the fan-turbine rotor assembly is directly coupled to the axial compressor at a fixed rate. The fan inlet guide vanes may be actuated from an inner diameter of the fan inlet guide vanes.

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RTX CORPORATION10 FARM SPRINGS ROAD FARMINGTON CT 06032

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Merry, Brian Andover, US 75 1182
Norris, James W Lebanon, US 96 2532
Sirica, Steven J Ellington, US 9 159
Suciu, Gabriel L Glastonbury, US 580 8113

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