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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Ross Wilson, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Michael G. McCaffrey, Windsor, CT (US);
John R. Farris, Bolton, CT (US);
Theodore W. Hall, Berlin, CT (US);
John J. Korzendorfer, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Elizabeth F. Vinson, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Jeffrey Michael Jacques, East Hartford, CT (US);
John E. Paul, Portland, CT (US);
Alan W. Stoner, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Edwin Otero, Southington, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to sealing systems for gas turbine engines. In one embodiment, a seal support structure for a gas turbine engine includes a seal support configured to retain a circumferential seal and an engine support configured for mounting the seal support structure to a gas turbine engine mount. The engine support includes at least one channel configured to provide radial movement of the seal support structure and circumferential retention of the seal support. Another embodiment is directed to a sealing system including a circumferential seal and seal support structure configured to provide radial movement.