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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2022
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Zachary John Snider, Simpsonville, SC (US);

John McConnell Delvaux, Fountain Inn, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schnectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/16 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/16 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F05D 2240/128 (2013.01); F05D 2250/291 (2013.01); F05D 2260/31 (2013.01); F05D 2260/96 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vibration damping system for a turbine nozzle or blade includes a vibration damping element including a plurality of contacting members including a plurality of damper pins. Each damper pin includes a body. A wire mesh member surrounds the body of at least one of the plurality of damper pins. The wire mesh member has a first outer dimension sized for frictionally engaging within a body opening in the turbine nozzle or blade to damp vibration. Spacer members devoid of a wire mesh member may also be used. The damper pins can have different sizes to accommodate contiguous body openings of different sizes in the nozzle or blade. The body opening can be angled relative to a radial extent of the nozzle or blade.


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