Fan hub design

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9810076-B2
Application number	US-201514921264-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2015
Priority date	Nov 16, 2011
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A fan rotor for a gas turbine engine has a fan hub mounted for rotation about a central axis of the engine. A plurality of fan blades are circumferentially distributed about a radially outer surface of an outer rim section of the fan hub. The outer rim section is connected to an inner rim section through an axially facing web section. The web section extends from the outer rim section at a location axially aft of the center of gravity of the fan blades. A ridge formation extends radially inwardly from the outer rim axially forward of the web section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fan rotor for a gas turbine engine having a central axis, comprising a fan hub mounted for rotation about said central axis, and a plurality of fan blades circumferentially distributed about a radially outer surface of an outer rim section of said fan hub, said outer rim section being connected to an inner rim section through an axially facing web section, said web section extending from the outer rim section at a location axially aft of the center of gravity of the fan blades, and a ridge formation extending radially inwardly from the outer rim axially forward of the web section, and wherein the ridge formation is disposed forward of the center of gravity of the fan blades and aft of a leading edge of the fan blades, wherein the web section comprises a radially inner web portion extending away from the inner rim section in a radially outer direction and in an axially rearward direction relative to the central axis, the radially inner web portion merging into the outer rim section through a generally radial and forwardly curved radially outer web portion disposed aft of the center of gravity of the fan blades, wherein the radially inner web portion intersects the inner rim section at a location axially forward of the center of gravity of the fan blades, and wherein the radially inner web portion and the radially outer web portion intersect at a location intermediate between the inner rim section and the outer rim section.

2. The fan rotor as defined in claim 1 , wherein the ridge formation extends from a front end of the outer rim.

3. The fan rotor as defined in claim 1 , wherein a channel is defined in a leading edge of the outer rim section, and wherein the ridge formation extends from the outer rim section at a location disposed axially rearwardly of the channel.

4. The fan rotor as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fan rotor is an integrally bladed rotor (IBR), the fan blade projecting integrally from the outer rim section; and wherein the outer rim section, the inner rim section and the axially facing web section are integral to one another.

Assignees

• Pratt & Whitney Canada

Inventors

• Barnett Barry

Classifications

• F01D5/14

  Form or construction (selecting particular materials, measures against erosion or corrosion F01D5/28) · CPC title

• F02K3/06 Primary

  with front fan · CPC title

• F01D5/02

  Blade-carrying members, e.g. rotors (rotors of non-bladed type F01D1/34; stators F01D9/00 {; selecting particular materials F01D5/28}) · CPC title

• F05D2220/32

  in gas turbines · CPC title

• F05D2240/20

  Rotors · CPC title