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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2025
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Narendra Anand Hardikar, Bengaluru, IN;
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order and defining a working gas flowpath, a compressor of the compressor section comprising an aft-most compressor stage; a stage of stator vanes located downstream of the aft-most compressor stage; a stator case including a seal pad; and a spool drivingly coupled to the compressor, the spool and the stator case together defining a rotor cavity in fluid communication with the working gas flowpath, the spool comprising a seal tooth assembly, the seal tooth assembly including a seal support extension, a seal tooth extending from the seal support extension toward the seal pad, and a dampener operable with the seal support extension.