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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Neelesh Nandkumar Sarawate, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jonathan Dwight Berry, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Russell Pierson DeForest, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kevin Weston McMahan, Greenville, SC (US);
Victor John Morgan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ibrahim Klara Sezer, Greenville, SC (US);
Deepak Trivedi, Halfmoon, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A flexible seal for sealing between two adjacent gas turbine components includes a forward end, an aft end axially separated from the forward end, and an intermediate portion between the forward end and the aft end. The intermediate portion defines a continuous curve in the circumferential direction, such that the aft end is circumferentially offset from the forward end. In other cases, the forward and aft ends are axially, radially, and circumferentially offset from one another. A method of sealing using the flexible seal includes inserting, in an axial direction, the aft end of the flexible seal into a recess defined by respective seal slots of two adjacent gas turbine components; and pushing the flexible seal in an axial direction through the recess until the forward end is disposed within the recess.