Patent 9828876 was granted and assigned to Rolls-Royce on November, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A fan case for use in a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes an outer shroud and a liner extending along the outer shroud. The fan case provides a protective band that blocks fan blades from being thrown out of the fan case in case of a blade-off event in which a fan blade is released during operation of the gas turbine engine.