Patent ID: 11859515
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 6:
7. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the at least one stator vane array comprises a first stator vane array, a third stator vane array, and a fourth stator vane array, the first stator vane array having the outlet vanes, the third stator vane array being downstream of the first stator vane array, the fourth stator vane array being downstream of the third stator vane array, at least one rotor blade array being between the third stator vane array and the fourth stator vane array, axial distances between the at least one strut and the third stator vane array, the at least one rotor blade array and the third stator vane array, and the at least one rotor blade array and the fourth stator vane array being at least substantially equal.