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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Matthew Lee Krumanaker, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Thomas Joseph Lipinski, Monroe, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine engine having an engine core, a first seal structure, a plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes, a plurality of struts, and a second seal structure. The engine core can define a rotor and a stator having a casing. The first seal structure can include a finger seal projecting from the rotor. The plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes can include an uppers band mounted to the casing, and a lower band located radially above the finger seal. At least some of the struts of the plurality of struts can extend through the plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes. The second seal structure can form a seat with the lower band.