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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Brad E. Fiore, Vernon, CT (US);
James B. Coffin, Windsor, CT (US);
Christopher M. Valva, Manchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/18 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/003 (2013.01); F01D 25/16 (2013.01); F01D 25/183 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01); F05D 2240/60 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a tower shaft rotatable about an axis, an engine component rotatable with the tower shaft about the axis, and a seal assembly. The engine component extends axially along the axis to an end surface. The seal assembly includes a carbon seal element, where the carbon seal element circumscribes the tower shaft and axially engages the end surface.