ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,537, issued on May 20, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Vane assembly for open fan engine" was invented by Sara Elizabeth Carle (Columbus, Ohio), Daniel L. Tweedt (West Chester, Ohio) and Syed Arif Khalid (West Chester, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is generally related to a vane assembly for an open fan engine having a rotor and a stator. The vane assembly is a plurality of vanes each arranged about the stator. Each of the vanes of the vane assembly has a leading edge (LE) with a leading edge angle (LEA). A combination of aircraft angle of attack, sideslip, and upwash due to liftin...