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

Claim 0:
1. A turbine engine, comprising:
a fan section, a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement; and
an airfoil provided within at least one of the fan section, the compressor section, or the turbine section, the 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, the interior extending a first distance along the camber line; and
a set of cells located within the interior, the set of cells extending a distance along the camber line a second distance, the second distance being less than the first distance, each cell of the set of cells having a shell comprising:
a forward portion and an aft portion provided aft of the forward portion with respect to the camber line, the forward and the aft portion being connected by side portions; 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.