Patent ID: 11931981
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A blade comprising:
a plurality of first composite fiber plies; and
a plurality of second composite fiber plies including a plurality of spanwise fiber plies that decrease in both a chordwise length and a spanwise length monotonically from a surface of the blade inwardly, the plurality of second composite fiber plies further including a plurality of non-spanwise fiber plies that do not monotonically decrease or increase in either a chordwise length or a spanwise length from the surface of the blade inwardly;
wherein ends of the plurality of second fiber plies are staggered such that interlock between the first composite fiber plies and the second composite fiber plies is formed in a region where the second composite fiber plies end and meet with the first composite fiber plies.