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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gert Johannes van der Merwe, Lebanon, OH (US);
Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);
Richard Alan Wesling, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey Donald Clements, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/26 (2006.01); F01D 5/06 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 5/34 (2006.01); F01D 5/03 (2006.01); F02C 3/067 (2006.01); F01D 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/26 (2013.01); F01D 1/24 (2013.01); F01D 5/03 (2013.01); F01D 5/06 (2013.01); F01D 5/14 (2013.01); F01D 5/34 (2013.01); F02C 3/067 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/24 (2013.01); F05D 2240/30 (2013.01); F05D 2250/38 (2013.01); F05D 2250/44 (2013.01); F05D 2250/75 (2013.01); F05D 2260/15 (2013.01); F05D 2260/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine including a torque frame is provided. The torque frame includes an inner shroud defined circumferentially around the axial centerline, an outer shroud surrounding the inner shroud and defined circumferentially around the axial centerline, and a structural member extended along the radial direction and coupled to the inner shroud and the outer shroud. The torque frame is configured to rotate around the axial centerline.