Patent ID: 11952917
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A vane multiplet comprising:
first and second ceramic matrix composite (CMC) singlet vanes arranged circumferentially adjacent each other, each of the first and second CMC singlet vanes including an airfoil section and a platform at one end of the airfoil section, the platform defining forward and trailing platform edges and first and second circumferential side edges;
a CMC overwrap conjoining the first and second CMC singlet vanes, the CMC overwrap including fiber plies that are fused to both the platform of the first CMC singlet vane and the platform of the second CMC singlet vane; and
an insert, and at least a portion of the fiber plies wrap around the insert and define a dovetail.