Patent ID: 11920493
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 10:
11. An airfoil comprising:
an outer wall extending between a leading edge to a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction, and between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction, the outer wall defining an interior, a pressure side, a suction side, and a camber line extending through the interior between the leading edge and the trailing edge equidistant between the suction side and the pressure side; and
at least one cell, located within the interior, and having a shell, the shell comprising:
a forward portion and an aft portion, the aft portion being provided aft of the forward portion with respect to the camber line, the forward portion and the aft portion being connected by side portions, with at least a portion of at least one of the forward portion or the aft portion being defined by a contour extending in the span-wise direction, the contour having at least one of a linear, non-linear, or wave contour; and
a braided fabric having a first fiber extending along a first bias and a second fiber extending along a second bias, different from the first bias, provided along the forward portion, the aft portion, and the side portions.