Rolls-royce Corporation

Rolls-royce North American Technologies Inc.

Michelle Lynn Tucker

Richard Christopher Uskert

Matthew Peter Basiletti

Ted Joseph Freeman

David John Thomas

The present disclosure provides for a turbine wheel having a blade platform disposed to compliantly secure ceramic turbine blades to a rotatable disk. The platform includes opposing ends to engage a portion of an airfoil of each turbine blade and radial extensions to engage a portion of a root of each turbine blade.

Platform for ceramic matrix composite turbine blades

A bladed disk assembly includes a disk, a blade, and a retaining clip. The disk is centered on an axis. The disk has at least one groove extending along the axis. The blade is received in the groove. The retaining clip contacts the blade and limits movement of the blade along the axis. The retaining clip is engaged with the disk through a snap-fit.

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Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Michelle Lynn Tucker