United Technologies Corporation

Lewis M Holby

Bradley T Duelm

Randall J Brown

Nathan A Shirk

A seal for a gas turbine engine includes a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, a back and a front. The back is parallel to the front and the left side is parallel to the right side such that a non-square shape is formed by the intersection of the back, the left side, the front and the right side. The top includes a first vane mating surface and the bottom includes a second vane mating surface.

Universal seal

A seal for a gas turbine engine is shown. The engine may have a first vane for imparting a first twist to air passing thereby and/or a second vane for imparting a second, different twist to air passing thereby, each of the first and second vanes having a mounting area for mounting the seal thereto. The seal includes a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side a back, and a front. The back is parallel to the front and the left side is parallel to the right side such that a non-square shape is formed by the intersection of the back, the left side, the front and the right side so that the seal may mate with the mounting area of the first vane and, if the seal is inverted, may mate with the mounting area of the second vane.

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Lewis M Holby