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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Steven Douglas Johnson, Milford, OH (US);
Nicholas R. Dinsmore, Marblehead, MA (US);
Daniel Tyler Jarboe, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine interstage structure for a gas turbine engine that includes a first stage disk and a second stage disk. A central plenum is defined by a an inner band for supporting nozzle vanes, a forward stator plate and an aft stator plate wherein the forward stator plate is spaced-apart from the aft stator plate, and an inner boundary. A forward mid-seal positioned between the inner boundary and the forward stator plate. An aft mid-seal positioned between the inner boundary and the aft stator plate; and wherein the inner boundary is a solid annular component.