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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2023
GE Infrastructure Technology Llc, Greenville, SC (US);
Zachary John Snider, Pelzer, SC (US);
John Mcconnell Delvaux, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
A damper element and a vibration dampening system including a plurality of the stacked damper elements, are provided. The damper element(s) may be used in a body opening in a rotating blade in a turbine. The damper elements include a head member having an at least partially ramped surface, an opening defined through a center of the head member, and a plurality of flexible legs extending from the head member. Each flexible leg includes a radially extending body section having an end section, which has an outer end surface and an inner end surface. An elongated body extends through the opening in the head member. Centrifugal force causes the head member of adjacent damper elements to force the outer end surfaces of the flexible legs into frictional engagement with an inner surface of the body opening to dampen vibration.