Honeywell International Inc.

Courtney Murphy

Jason Smoke

Harry Lester Kington

Timothy Darling

William Weiss

Jeffrey J Aitchison

Ryon James Stanley

Donald W Tillman

Jeffrey Aitchison

Ryon Stanley

Donald Tillman

A shroud system for a gas turbine engine. The shroud system includes a support structure defining two stages. One shroud is disposed at one stage and another shroud is disposed at the other stage. A retention and positioning assembly is disposed on the support structure and positions and holds both shrouds relative to the support structure. A load transfer pin is located radially outward from each of the shrouds. A spring is coupled to the support structure and engages both load transfer pins. The spring applies forces on the load transfer pins toward their respective shroud. A retainer is coupled with the support structure and extends over both stages.

Shroud system with two-stage spring and retainer system for gas turbine engine shroud

A system for coupling a shroud to a case associated with a gas turbine engine includes the case having a mounting pad, and the shroud having a surface that faces the case. The system includes a load spreader having a spreader surface in contact with the surface of the shroud and a locator pin coupled to the mounting pad and the load spreader to couple the shroud to the case. The system includes a load spreader retainer coupled to the load spreader. The load spreader retainer is to distribute a force to the load spreader. The system includes a biasing system coupled about the mounting pad that includes a spring arm configured to apply the force to the load spreader retainer to maintain the spreader surface of the load spreader in contact with the surface of the shroud.

Spring biased shroud retention system for gas turbine engine

A system for coupling a shroud to a case associated with a gas turbine engine and a gas turbine engine including such a system includes the case defining a bore and the shroud retained within the case. The shroud defines a pocket. The system includes a pin received through the bore and at least partially positioned within the pocket. The pin has a perimeter. The system includes a load spreader including a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side is interconnected to the second side by a flexible portion. The first side, the second side and the flexible portion are received about a portion of the perimeter of the pin, and the load spreader is configured to transmit at least one of an axial point load and a circumferential point load from the pin over a surface of the shroud.

Compliant retention system for gas turbine engine

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