Hollow fan blade with structural ribs
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a fan blade for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- positioning a first member against a second member, the first member having a first surface and the second member having a second surface, each of the first surface and the second surface extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the fan blade and from a tip edge to or proximate to a root of the fan blade, wherein the second member includes structural ribs extending to the first member; and
bonding the second member to the first member at free edges of the structural ribs and about a perimeter of the fan blade;
the first member being sized so that bonding between the first member and second member results in skin extensions around the blade perimeter, whereby the bonding occurs away from the edges of the first member; and
removing the skin extensions after bonding.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a fan blade for a gas turbine engine, including: a first member and a second member; the first member having a first surface and the second member having a second surface, each of the first surface and the second surface extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the fan blade and from a tip edge to or proximate to a root of the fan blade; the first surface being externally facing and being one of concave or convex between the leading edge and the trailing edge and the second surface being externally facing and being another of convex or concave between the leading edge and the trailing edge; the second member including structural ribs extending to the first member, and the first member being bonded to the second member at free edges of the structural ribs and about a perimeter of the fan blade.
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5 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a fan blade for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
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positioning a first member against a second member, the first member having a first surface and the second member having a second surface, each of the first surface and the second surface extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the fan blade and from a tip edge to or proximate to a root of the fan blade, wherein the second member includes structural ribs extending to the first member; and bonding the second member to the first member at free edges of the structural ribs and about a perimeter of the fan blade; the first member being sized so that bonding between the first member and second member results in skin extensions around the blade perimeter, whereby the bonding occurs away from the edges of the first member; and removing the skin extensions after bonding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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