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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2021
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Maksim Pankratov, Saint-Amable, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine rotor having an axis, comprising: a body about the axis having an inner surface, a seat having an outer seat edge at a first radial location surrounded by the inner surface at a second radial location, a lip along the inner surface having an inner lip edge spaced axially away from the seat to define a gap, the lip at a rated axial location between the inner lip edge and the seat facing toward the seat at a normal angle; a damper in the gap having first and second damper surfaces, the first damper surface adjacent the seat; and a split ring in the gap adjacent the second damper surface, having an outer ring edge spaced from the inner surface, engaging the lip at the rated axial location and resiliently expandable against the lip deflects the split ring to load the damper against the seat.