A spinner for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The spinner may include a body extending between a first and second end comprised of a cured chopped unidirectional fiber pre-impregnated material. The body may have a generally conical shape and may further be plated with a metal or metal alloy.
Gas turbine engine spinner
2019-11-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B29K Index-Schema für Formmassen oder Materialien für Verstärkungen, Füllstoffe oder vorgeformte Teile, z.B. Einlagen in Verbindung mit den Unterklassen B29B, B29C oder B29D , INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS / B29L INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES , Index-Schema für besondere Gegenstände in Verbindung mit Unterklasse B29C / F02C Gasturbinenanlagen , GAS-TURBINE PLANTS |