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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2021
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Andrew V. Schwendenmann, Hampden, MA (US);
Joseph B. Phelps, Vernon, CT (US);
Sean P. McGee, Andover, CT (US);
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and at least one rotatable shaft. The engine further includes a seal assembly having a seal plate mounted for rotation with the rotatable shaft, a face seal in contact with the seal plate at a contact area, and a seal carrier supporting the face seal. Further, in normal operating conditions, the seal plate includes a plurality of tabs configured to separate from a remainder of the seal plate in a worn seal condition in which the seal carrier contacts the seal plate.