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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert Allen Hagan, Reading, MA (US);
Jason Francis Pepi, Augusta, ME (US);
Kevin Robert Shannon, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/027 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/24 (2013.01); F05D 2240/30 (2013.01); F05D 2260/15 (2013.01); F05D 2260/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for trapped rotatable weights to improve rotor balance are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a lock nut; a rotor assembly; a channel defined by the lock nut and the rotor assembly, the channel wrapped circumferentially around a geometric center of the rotor assembly; and a weight trapped within the channel.