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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2016
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Nicholas Waters Oren, Marlborough, CT (US);
Steven D. Porter, Wethersfield, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A disc of a gas turbine engine system with particular retaining ring placement and engagement implementation are provided. For example, the disc includes a disc bore including, a groove formed on an axially extending surface of the disc bore, wherein the groove includes a forward surface that extends radially into the disc bore to a groove floor that is cut into the disc bore, and wherein the groove extends axially to an aft surface that extends radially outward to at least the axially extending surface of the disc bore, and a disc web that extends radially outward from the disc bore, relative to an axis of rotation of the gas turbine engine.