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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
David Todd Bentley, Lebanon, OH (US);
Christopher Ryan Johnson, Fairfield, OH (US);
Brandon Flowers Powell, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 17/08 (2006.01); F01D 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/162 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 17/085 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/122 (2013.01); F05D 2240/124 (2013.01); F05D 2240/128 (2013.01); F05D 2270/303 (2013.01); F05D 2270/66 (2013.01); Y02T 50/673 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a variable area turbine nozzle. The variable area turbine nozzle includes a first vane segment, a second vane segment arranged with the first vane segment, and a trailing edge segment arranged with the first and second vane segments. The vane also includes a first actuating system for pivoting the second vane segment with respect to the first vane segment and a second actuating system for pivoting the trailing edge with respect to the first and second vane segments.