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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Vaishnav Raghuvaran, Bengaluru, IN;
Sesha Subramanian, Bengaluru, IN;
Hari Krishna Meka, Bengaluru, IN;
Vishnu Vardhan Venkata Tatiparthi, Bengaluru, IN;
Raghuveer Chinta, Bengaluru, IN;
Daniel O'Brien, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sai Raju Ippili, Bengaluru, IN;
Michael Thomas Hogan, Tewksbury, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine that defines a radial direction and axial direction. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section that includes a high pressure compressor. The high pressure compressor includes an aft-most compressor stage. The aft-most compressor stage includes a rotor, a low pressure shaft, a high pressure shaft drivingly coupled to the high pressure compressor. The high pressure shaft includes a central spool member and a forward spool member. The forward spool member extending between the central spool member and the aft-most compressor stage. The aft-most compressor stage further includes an air guide coupled to the aft-most compressor stage and the high pressure shaft. The air guide and a radially inward side of the forward spool member together defines an air flow passage for providing a cooling air flow.