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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Tibor Urac, Mississauga, CA;
Bernadette Mason, Milton, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A seal spacer for a gas turbine engine to provide sealing between a casing wall and a stator vane of the engine. The seal spacer comprises a circumferential body having a slot defined therethrough and configured to receive the stator vane therein. The circumferential body is configured to be disposed between and space apart the engine casing wall from a head of the stator vane when the vane is inserted in the slot and the vane is inserted in the opening in the casing wall. The circumferential body includes a support positioned to be engage and provide a gap between the casing wall and the head when the seal spacer is installed therebetween, and an elastomeric seal portion positioned to engage and compressingly provide sealing the casing wall and the head when the seal spacer is installed therebetween to seal the gap.