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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Jonathan Ariel Scott, Southington, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A turbine exhaust case () comprises a one-piece fairing () defining an air-flow path through the turbine exhaust case, and a multi-piece frame (). The multi-piece frame is disposed through and around the one-piece vane fairing to support a bearing load, and comprises an inner ring (), an outer ring (), a plurality of covers (), and a plurality of radial struts (). The outer ring is disposed concentrically outward of the inner ring, and has hollow bosses () with strut apertures (SA) at vane locations. The covers are secured to the hollow bosses. The radial struts pass through the one-piece vane fairing and through apertures in the outer angled ring, and are radially fastened to the inner ring and the flat caps.