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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru, IN;
Dharmaraj Pachaiappan, Bangalore, IN;
Nageswar Rao Ganji, Bengaluru, IN;
Arvind Namadevan, Bangalore, IN;
Jeffrey D. Carnes, Framingham, MA (US);
Charles Eric Lavender, Mason, OH (US);
Steven Mark Ballman, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A lock lug for inhibiting movement of a plurality of rotor blades includes a body and an engagement mechanism. The body is sized and configured to be received within the rim slot of the rotor disk and defines a dovetail receiving aperture. The engagement mechanism extends from the body and has a retracted configuration configured to allow entry and exit of a dovetail of at least one or more of the plurality of rotor blades into and out of the dovetail receiving aperture and an extended configuration configured to block the dovetail from entering the dovetail receiving aperture.