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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
William Edmund Girzone, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Xiaoqing Zheng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/08 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/08 (2013.01); F01D 5/225 (2013.01); F01D 11/003 (2013.01); Y02E 20/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first aspect of the invention provides an axially faced seal system for a radial tip of a turbine component, the system comprising: a stationary turbine component; a rotating turbine component; and a seal ring mounted to the stationary turbine component, the seal ring extending axially to the rotating turbine component and engaging the rotating turbine component on a side surface, wherein the side surface of the rotating turbine component is on a continuous, rotating mating ring having a 360 degree arc.