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Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2015
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Bryce Loring Heitman, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Steven James Murphy, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Darrell Glenn Senile, Oxford, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/44 (2006.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/28 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 9/047 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2230/23 (2013.01); F05D 2230/237 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); F05D 2240/128 (2013.01); F05D 2240/80 (2013.01); F05D 2300/10 (2013.01); F05D 2300/6033 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for positioning neighboring nozzles of a gas turbine engine are provided. A method includes assembling a first nozzle assembly. The first nozzle assembly includes a first nozzle and a first nozzle support structure. The method further includes assembling a second nozzle assembly. The second nozzle assembly includes a second nozzle and a second nozzle support structure. The method further includes adjusting the first nozzle assembly and the second nozzle assembly such that an engineering dimension between the first nozzle and the second nozzle is within a predetermined engineering tolerance, and joining the first nozzle support structure and the second nozzle support structure together.


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