US 12,215,596 B2
Unducted airfoil assembly
Kishore Ramakrishnan, Rexford, NY (US); and Daniel Lawrence Tweedt, West Chester, OH (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/345,018.
Prior Publication US 2025/0003340 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. F01D 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 5/14 (2013.01) [F05D 2220/32 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unducted airfoil assembly, comprising:
an airfoil having spaced-apart pressure and suction sides extending radially in span from a root to a tip, and extending axially in chord between spaced apart leading and trailing edges, and wherein the airfoil comprises a forward-most axial point located between the root and the tip, and wherein the airfoil defines a tip portion extending radially from the forward-most axial point to the tip; and
wherein a thickness of the airfoil is defined as a distance measured between the pressure side and the suction side, and wherein a maximum thickness for at least 50% of a radial extent of the tip portion for a chord extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge is located forward of 0.40 chord fraction.