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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Mtu Aero Engines Ag, Munich, DE;
Nicholas R. Leslie, South Berwick, ME (US);
Fadi S. Maalouf, East Hampton, CT (US);
Georg Zotz, Haimhausen, DE;
Werner Humhauser, Moosburg, DE;
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
MTU Aero Engines AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A blade outer air seal (BOAS) for a gas turbine engine includes, among other things, a seal body having a radially inner face and a radially outer face that axially extend between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion. The BOAS includes a trough disposed on the radially inner face and an abradable seal received within the trough. The trough is open to expose a leading edge of the abradable seal to a core flow path of the gas turbine engine.