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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth Gregory Thomas, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/20 (2006.01); F04D 29/64 (2006.01); F04D 19/02 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01); F01D 5/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/644 (2013.01); F01D 5/066 (2013.01); F04D 19/02 (2013.01); F04D 29/321 (2013.01); F05D 2250/13 (2013.01); F05D 2250/132 (2013.01); F05D 2260/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
An axial compressor of a turbine engine includes a plurality of disk and spacer pairs oriented along a common axis of rotation. Each of a disk and a spacer of the disk and spacer pairs has a contacting face defining an engagement between the disk and the spacer. The contacting face of each of the disk and the spacer includes a recessed area. A pin has a stem received within the recessed area of the disk and a head received within the recessed area of the spacer. The head of the pin includes at least two flats corresponding to complementary surfaces of the recessed area of the spacer.