General Electric Company

Angelo Parisi

Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis

Martin Wayne Frash

Schuyler Javier Ortega

A turbine frame for a turbine engine having an axial centerline, the turbine frame comprising an inner hub, an outer hub encircling the inner hub, a plurality of struts extending between the inner and outer hubs and having a maximum width portion relative to the axial centerline and an airfoil comprising at least first and second fairings mounted to the inner and outer hubs and encircling one of the struts.

Turbine frame and airfoil for turbine frame

A turbine frame for a turbine engine having an axial centerline, includes an inner hub, an outer hub encircling the inner hub, a plurality of struts extending between the inner and outer hubs, at least one vane segment comprising at least first and second fairings mounted to the inner and outer hubs and encircling one of the struts and a single piece outer retaining ring that is operably coupled to the vane segment to fix a radial position of the vane segment relative to the inner and outer retaining rings and methods of assembling at least one vane segment having at least one vane formed from a pair of fairings to an exhaust frame.

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Nahant, MA, United States of America

Angelo Parisi