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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Jesse M. Carr, Hartford, CT (US);
Bryan P. Dube, Columbia, CT (US);
Shelton O. Duelm, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/30 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/042 (2013.01); F01D 5/3084 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); F05D 2240/128 (2013.01); F05D 2260/30 (2013.01); F05D 2300/501 (2013.01); F05D 2300/5021 (2013.01); Y02T 50/672 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vane assembly includes inner and outer rings, a plurality of segmented vane structures circumferentially-spaced around a central axis and between the inner and outer rings, and at least one spring that mechanically traps the segmented vane structures in radial compression between the inner and outer rings.