Pratt & Whitney

Venkata S Bandaru

Gordon F Jewess

Shiv C Gupta

Xinwen Xiao

Davin Hansen

A blade retainer clip for retaining a foot of a turbine blade in a shoe of a turbine disc of a turbine wheel includes: a clip shank that fits into a mating slot in the blade foot; a protuberance along a central portion of the clip shank that fits into a mating recess along the mating slot in the blade foot; a clip heel on one end of the clip shank that engages a heel of the blade foot and a heel of the disc shoe that expands radially from at least opposite sides of the clip shank; and a clip toe that extends beyond a toe of the disc shoe that is deformable to contact at least the toe of the disc shoe.

Blade retainer clip

A blade retention system for retaining a foot of a turbine blade in a shoe of a turbine disc of a turbine wheel includes: a hook on a heel end of the blade foot that protrudes from a bottom of the blade foot to engage a heel end of the turbine disc shoe; and a compound fillet that engages the hook with the bottom of the blade foot.

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Venkata S Bandaru