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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2021
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Scott Francis Wolfer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Alan Wesling, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/02 (2006.01); F16J 15/447 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/02 (2013.01); F16J 15/447 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
A labyrinth seal including: an annular seal body having an inner wall and an outer wall spaced apart from one another by an annulus; a nested dampener system disposed along the outer wall, the nested dampener system including: a first dampening element; and a second dampening element, wherein opposite axial ends of the nested dampener system are defined by the first dampening element, and wherein the second dampening element is disposed outside of at least a portion of the first dampening element in a radial direction.