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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Brandon M. Rapp, West Hartford, CT (US);
Matthew Andrew Hough, West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/10 (2006.01); F01D 5/22 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/22 (2013.01); F01D 11/008 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine rotor assembly includes a plurality of blades spaced apart from each other for rotation about an axis. Each of the blades includes a platform having an inner surface and an outer surface. Adjacent platforms are separated from each other by a gap. A damper is positioned at an offset position within the gap to contact the inner surfaces of the adjacent platforms.