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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Munich, DE;
Nathan Evan McCurdy Gibson, West Chester, OH (US);
Quang Tue Nguyen Tran, Munich, DE;
Antonio Guijarro Valencia, Munich, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a seal assembly for a turbo machine. The seal assembly includes a fluid bearing wall including a bearing face in which the bearing face defines a fluid opening through the fluid bearing wall. The seal assembly further includes a seal body extended circumferentially relative to a centerline axis. The seal body defines a cavity extended at least partially circumferentially through the seal body. A fluid passage is defined through the seal body in fluid communication with the fluid opening through the fluid bearing wall.