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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Scott Flanagan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kevin Weston McMahan, Greer, SC (US);
Jeffrey Scott LeBegue, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbomachine includes a plurality of transition ducts and a support ring assembly. The outlet of a transition duct includes an inner flange and an outer flange. The turbomachine includes bore holes defined in the inner flange and outer flange, mating bore holes defined in the support ring assembly, and mechanical fasteners connecting the inner flange and the outer flange to the support ring assembly. A first one of the bore holes or mating bore holes has a first maximum radial gap and a first maximum tangential gap relative to an associated mechanical fastener. A second one of the bore holes or mating bore holes has a second maximum radial gap and a second maximum tangential gap relative to an associated mechanical fastener. The second maximum radial gap is greater than the first maximum radial gap or the second maximum tangential gap is greater than the first maximum tangential gap.