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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ananda Barua, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joshua Tyler Mook, Loveland, OH (US);
Raymond Floyd Martell, Wyoming, OH (US);
Changjie Sun, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Gautam Naik, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jordan Paule Tesorero, Lynn, MA (US);
Aigbedion Akwara, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Turbine center frames are provided. For example, a turbine center frame comprises an annular outer case and an annular hub. The hub is defined radially inward of the outer case such that the outer case circumferentially surrounds the hub. The turbine center frame further comprises an annular fairing extending between the outer case and the hub, a ligament extending from the fairing to the outer case to connect the fairing to the outer case, a plurality of struts extending from the hub to the outer case, and a boss structure defined on an outer surface of the outer case. The outer case, hub, fairing, ligament, plurality of struts, and boss structure are integrally formed as a single monolithic component. For instance, the turbine center frame is additively manufactured as an integral structure, and methods for manufacturing turbine center frames also are provided.