Raytheon Technologies Corporation

United Technologies Corporation

Tomasz Pelic

Michael S Stevens

Brian Duguay

Christine F McGinnis

Judith F Brooks

Major D Jones

A stator vane support with anti-rotation features is provided. The stator vane support may comprise an inner diameter surface opposite an outer diameter surface. The stator vane support may comprise an anti-rotation lug defining a protrusion extending inward from the inner diameter surface. The stator vane support may have a first recess defining a first void on the inner diameter surface proximate a first surface of the anti-rotation lug. The stator vane support may have a second recess defining a second void on the inner diameter surface proximate a second surface of the anti-rotation lug. The anti-rotation lug may be configured to interface with a stator vane to at least partially limit circumferential movement, and each recess may be configured to allow the stator vane to thermally expand during gas turbine engine operation.

Stator vane support with anti-rotation features

A heat shield vane support may have a structure including at least one of a cylindrical and a frustoconical portion with an outboard diameter and an inboard diameter extending about an axis and extending axially between a forward face and an aft face and may comprise a flange extending circumferentially about the aft face radially inward from the inboard diameter, a plurality of anti-rotation features distributed circumferentially about the inboard diameter extending radially inward from the inboard diameter and extending axially with respect to the cylindrical structure between a forward edge and an aft edge defining a length L, and a plurality of teeth distributed circumferentially about the forward face and extending axially from the forward face.

Support ring with thermal heat shield for case flange

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Krzemienica, Poland

Tomasz Pelic