United Technologies Corporation

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Jesus S Lopez

Jonas S Banhos

Mark Borja

Jesse Ian Berube

Scott D Hjelm

William Oldach

Ravi Mandya Kumar

Nicholas Andrew Kesler

Scott David Hjelm

An apparatus that includes a conduit having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis. The conduit may define an inner channel and may be configured to extend through a vane cavity of a vane. The apparatus may further include a damping finger that includes a first portion coupled to the conduit and a second portion diverging outward at an angled orientation from the conduit. The damping finger may be resiliently flexible and the second portion of the damping finger may be configured to contact an inner surface of the vane.

Conduit with damping fingers

An example method of balancing a shaft includes inserting a balancing insert into one of a plurality of cavities. The plurality of cavities are radially inside an outermost surface of the shaft.

Turbine engine balancing structure and method

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Jesus S Lopez