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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 30, 2024
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Nicholas J. Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Aaron M. Gilbert, West Newbury, MA (US);
Heidi J. Stegemiller, Franklin, OH (US);
Steven R. Manwaring, Lebanon, OH (US);
Kohki Nishida, Cincinnati, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A turbine engine for an aircraft. The turbine engine includes a vane support and a vane. The vane support has a vane-facing surface. A first hook and a second hook extend from the vane-facing surface and define a channel therebetween. The vane includes an airfoil and an outer band connected to the airfoil. The outer band is positioned in the channel to form a gap between a support-facing surface of the outer band and the vane-facing surface under assembly conditions of the turbine engine. The vane-facing surface and the support-facing surface are shaped to form a contact configuration that occurs when, under an operating condition of the turbine engine, the vane flexes and at least a portion of the support-facing surface contacts the vane-facing surface over a contacting region to eliminate the gap over the contacting region.