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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Peeyush Pankaj, Bangalore, IN;
Shashank Suresh Puranik, Bangalore, IN;
Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);
Christopher Charles Glynn, Clearwater Beach, FL (US);
Richard Schmidt, Loveland, OH (US);
Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Bangalore, IN;
Ramana Reddy Kollam, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbomachine includes a spool and a turbine section including a turbine and a turbine center frame. The turbine includes a first plurality of turbine rotor blades and a second plurality of turbine rotor blades alternatingly spaced along the axial direction and rotatable with one another. The turbomachine also includes a bearing assembly substantially completely supporting rotation of the turbine, the bearing assembly including a total of four bearings, each of the four bearings aligned with, or positioned aft of, the turbine center frame.