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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Nitesh Jain, Karnataka, IN;
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Manoj Kumar Jain, Karnataka, IN;
Mojibur Rahman, Mason, OH (US);
Nagamohan Govinahalli Prabhakar, Karnataka, IN;
Scott Roger Finn, Montgomery, OH (US);
Thomas Chadwick Waldman, Boston, MA (US);
Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis, Winchester, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A containment structure for surrounding a rotatable machine includes a double-walled inner shell having a forward end, an aft end, and a substantially cylindrical body extending therebetween. The inner shell includes an inner wall at least partially surrounding a bladed portion of the bladed rotor, and an outer portion that branches radially outward from the inner wall. The containment structure also includes a substantially cylindrical back sheet coupled to the outer portion and disposed radially outward of the inner wall.