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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Vasantharuban Subramanian, Bengaluru, IN;
Ronald Denmark, Greenville, SC (US);
Prem Navin Dhayanandam, Bengaluru, IN;
Richard Gutta, Greenville, SC (US);
Sanjeev Kumar Jha, Bengaluru, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/042 (2013.01); F01D 25/28 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2250/281 (2013.01); F05D 2260/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
An airfoil and shroud assembly includes an airfoil including a root end, a free end and a tenon extending from the free end, the tenon including a base and an externally threaded stud extending from the base. A shroud includes an opening configured to receive the base of the tenon. A nut is configured to be threadably coupled to the externally threaded stud on the tenon on the airfoil to couple the shroud to the airfoil.