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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru, IN;
David Raju Yamarthi, Bengaluru, IN;
Chandrashekhar Kandukuri, Bengaluru, IN;
Deepak Trivedi, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Narendra Anand Hardikar, Bengaluru, IN;
Vidyashankar Ramasastry Buravalla, Bengaluru, IN;
Steven Douglas Johnson, Milford, OH (US);
Amit Goyal, Bengaluru, IN;
Grant Robert Portune, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Himanshu Gupta, Bengaluru, IN;
Srinivasan Swaminathan, Bengaluru, IN;
Shalini Thimmegowda, Bengaluru, IN;
Guru Venkata Dattu Jonnalagadda, Ponnur, IN;
Shalabh Saxena, Bengaluru, IN;
Prateek Jalan, Bengaluru, IN;
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A turbine engine is provided. The turbine engine defines an axial direction and a radial direction, and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly defining a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side and comprising a plurality of seal segments, the plurality of seal segments including a seal segment having a seal face forming a fluid bearing with the rotor, a lip, and a body, the lip extending from the body along the axial direction of the turbine engine on the high-pressure side and including an outer pressurization surface along the radial direction of the turbine engine; and a seal support assembly, the seal support assembly comprising a spring arrangement extending between the carrier and the first seal segment to counter a pressure on the outer pressurization surface during operation of the turbine engine.