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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2025
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jeffrey Donald Clements, Mason, OH (US);
Mark Willard Marusko, Springboro, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is provided, including: a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order, the turbine section comprising a turbine case and a turbine stage, the turbine stage comprising a plurality of turbine stator vanes, the stage being a stage count number, N, downstream from the combustion section, the turbine stator vanes comprising a first vane assembly comprising a nozzle formed of a first material defining a first coefficient of thermal expansion; and a hanger positioned outward of the nozzle along a radial direction and coupling the nozzle to the turbine case, the hanger formed of a second material defining a second coefficient of thermal expansion, the gas turbine engine defining a nozzle efficiency offset, NEO, greater than 1 and less than or equal to 5, wherein NEO is expressed as: