US 12,110,805 B2
Fan blade with intrinsic damping characteristics
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru (IN); Viswanadha Gupta Sakala, Bengaluru (IN); Nicholas Joseph Kray, West Chester, OH (US); Ambika Shivamurthy, Bengaluru (IN); and Kirti Arvind Petkar, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,467.
Application 18/329,467 is a continuation of application No. 17/844,578, filed on Jun. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,702,940.
Application 17/844,578 is a continuation of application No. 16/923,911, filed on Jul. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,365,636, issued on Jun. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202011021818 (IN), filed on May 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313688 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F01D 5/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); G06F 30/17 (2020.01)
CPC F01D 5/147 (2013.01) [F01D 5/02 (2013.01); G06F 30/17 (2020.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2230/80 (2013.01); F05D 2240/24 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fan blade comprising:
an exterior body including a first side and a second side;
a first hairpin structure in contact with (a) the first side of the exterior body and (b) the second side of the exterior body; and
a second hairpin structure in contact with (a) the first side, (b) the second side, and (c) the first hairpin structure.