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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Michael Anthony Wondrasek, Greenville, SC (US);
Brian Denver Potter, Greer, SC (US);
Robert Alan Brittingham, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Damper stacks, rotor blades, and turbomachines are provided. A rotor blade includes a main body including a shank and an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the shank. The rotor blade further includes a damping passage defined in the main body, the damping passage extending radially through the main body. The rotor blade further includes a damper stack disposed within the damping passage, the damper stack including a plurality of damper pins, each of the plurality of damper pins in contact with a neighboring damper pin.