General Electric Company

Stephen D Abernathy

Christopher Charles Glynn

Richard William Albrecht, Jr

Robert J Meade

A split ring seal having an outer split ring and an inner split ring with the inner and outer split rings having overlapping portions. The split ring seal is located between a seating seal and a carrier and separates a high pressure cavity from a low pressure cavity. Movement of the split ring seal is restricted by sidewalls of the carrier. A diagonal edge on the outer ring reacts against centrifugal loading from the inner ring so that said outer ring is urged axially against a sidewall of the carrier to form a positive seal for blocking any leakage path between the high and low pressure cavities.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Stephen D Abernathy