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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Charles Thistle, Middletown, CT (US);
Mohamed Hassan, Palm City, FL (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a fir tree coupling for gas turbine engine parts comprising a load beam having a longitudinal axis, a rounded base, a first side, and a second side, wherein the rounded base has a radius of curvature from the first side to the second side, a tooth running parallel to the longitudinal axis and disposed on the first side of the load beam. The fir tree coupling may comprise a channel through the rounded base across a portion of the radius of curvature from the first side to the second side. The channel may comprise a sidewall having a sidewall step cut into a portion of the channel sidewall.