Patent ID: 9702257
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: F01D,F02K,F04D,F05D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A fan rotor blade for an aircraft jet engine comprising: a blade body made from a composite material of a resin and reinforcing fibers, including: a pressure surface and a suction surface both oppositely facing in a thickness direction of the blade body, a leading edge portion located on an upstream end of the blade body, a trailing edge portion located on a downstream end of the blade body, being at least a part of a trailing edge of the fan rotor blade, a tip end in a longitudinal direction, and a base end in a longitudinal direction being held by the fan disk; and a sheath being more rigid than the blade body, extending in the longitudinal direction of the blade body and fixed to the blade body to cover the leading edge portion of the blade body and the vicinity thereof, wherein the sheath includes a tip end portion integrally formed therewith extending from the leading edge portion of the blade body toward the trailing edge portion of the blade body to cover the tip end of the blade body and terminated with a downstream end portion of the tip end portion, and the downstream end portion of the tip end portion of the sheath is located at a position within 20% from the trailing edge in a range from the leading edge portion to the trailing edge portion, or projects downstream from the trailing edge portion of the blade body.