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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2015
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Suryarghya Chakrabarti, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yashwanth Tummala, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Letian Wang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Walter John Smith, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Daniel Edward Loringer, Erie, PA (US);
Brian Denver Potter, Greenville, SC (US);
Matthew John Malone, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Damping members for turbocharger assemblies, methods for providing turbocharger assemblies, and turbocharger assemblies are described herein. The damping members include bodies having shapes to fit between a recess extending into a rotor disk of a turbocharger and laterally protruding shoulders of platforms in neighboring blades of the turbocharger. The bodies dampen vibrations of the blades during rotation of the blades. The damping members may include a variety of shapes, such as a sheet, a wedge, a tapered pin, a cylindrical pin, a bent sheet, or another shape.