Patent ID: 11873738
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An integrated fan exit stator-fan frame strut assembly for a gas turbine engine, the integrated fan exit stator-fan frame strut assembly comprising:
a fan exit stator portion having a first airfoil including a first leading edge and a first trailing edge, the first airfoil associated with a first row of stators; and
a fan frame strut portion including a second leading edge and a second trailing edge, the second leading edge of the fan frame strut portion aerodynamically integrated with the first trailing edge of the fan exit stator portion, the fan frame strut portion positioned upstream of a compressor of the gas turbine engine, the second trailing edge separated from a third leading edge of a second airfoil by a gap in an axial direction defined by the gas turbine engine downstream of the second trailing edge, the second airfoil associated with a second row of stators downstream of and adjacent to the first row of stators, a pressure surface defined on a first side of the fan exit stator portion and the fan frame strut portion between the first leading edge and the second trailing edge, and a suction surface defined on a second side opposite the first side; and
an adhesive disposed between the fan exit stator portion and the fan frame strut portion, the adhesive separated from the pressure surface and the suction surface by the fan exit stator portion or the fan frame strut portion.