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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
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;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbomachine includes a spool and a turbine section including a turbine rear frame, a turbine, and a support member. The turbine includes a first plurality of turbine rotor blades and a second plurality of turbine rotor blades, the first plurality of turbine rotor blades and second plurality of turbine rotor blades alternatingly spaced along the axial direction and rotatable with one another. The support member extends between the first plurality of turbine rotor blades and the spool and couples the first plurality of turbine rotor blades to the spool. The turbomachine also includes a bearing assembly including a bearing, the bearing rotatably supporting the support member and supported by the turbine rear frame, the bearing spaced apart from the spool along the radial direction.