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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Schenectady, NY (US);
John Ligos, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas Joseph Farineau, Schoharie, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/31 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); F05D 2260/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application provides a steam turbine. The steam turbine may include a number of rotor wheel slots, a number of buckets positioned in the rotor wheel slots, and a radial support assembly positioned between each of the buckets and each of the rotor wheel slots. The radial support assembly may include one or springs and one or more shims.