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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Arnab Sen, Bangalore, IN;
Mohamed Musthafa Thoppil, Bangalore, IN;
Nathan Evan McCurdy Gibson, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/02 (2006.01); F04D 27/00 (2006.01); F01D 11/04 (2006.01); F16J 15/34 (2006.01); F01D 5/02 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 25/10 (2006.01); F04D 29/056 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/002 (2013.01); F01D 5/02 (2013.01); F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F01D 11/001 (2013.01); F01D 11/025 (2013.01); F01D 11/04 (2013.01); F01D 25/10 (2013.01); F04D 29/056 (2013.01); F04D 29/321 (2013.01); F04D 29/541 (2013.01); F16J 15/342 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01); F05D 2260/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine engine with a stator having axially spaced first and second structural elements along with a rotor and a face seal between the rotor and the stator including a non-rotating gas bearing face coupled to the first and second structural elements, and a rotating gas bearing face coupled to the rotor and confronting the non-rotating gas bearing surface. Introducing airflow to one or multiple parts of the seal.