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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Christopher P. Cox, Greenville, SC (US);
Lucas Wedmore, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/28 (2006.01); F02C 7/12 (2006.01); F01D 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/12 (2013.01); F01D 11/122 (2013.01); F02C 7/28 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01); F05D 2260/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application provides an inducer seal configured to provide a flow of air to a rotor shaft within a turbine of a gas turbine engine. The inducer seal includes a ring plate having an outer surface with a circumferential channel and an inner surface having an abradable seal. A number of inducer slots are positioned in the ring plate that extend from the outer surface to the inner surface such that the flow of air may pass therethrough in a tangential direction relative to rotation of the rotor shaft to cool the rotor shaft.