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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru, IN;
Chandrashekhar Kandukuri, Bengaluru, IN;
David Raju Yamarthi, Bengaluru, IN;
Rajesh Kumar, Bengaluru, IN;
Tajinder Singh, Bengaluru, IN;
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly comprising a plurality of seal segments supported at least in part by the carrier, the plurality of seal segments having a first seal segment and a second seal segment, the first and second seal segments each having a seal face forming a fluid bearing with the rotor; and a seal support assembly comprising a tangential spring extension extending between the first seal segment and the second seal segment for biasing the first seal segment away from the second seal segment in the circumferential direction.