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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Jorge I. Farah, Hartford, CT (US);
Jonathan P. Burt, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Thomas J. Praisner, Colchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F02C 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/047 (2013.01); F01D 25/162 (2013.01); F02C 7/20 (2013.01); F05D 2230/23 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stator vane assembly includes a plurality of distinct vane segments that each respectively include a first platform, a second platform and at least one vane airfoil connected at opposed ends thereof to the first platform and the second platform. The first platforms meet at distinct first joints with each other, and the second platforms meet at distinct second joints with each other such that the plurality of vane segments forms an annular structure.