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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert F Hoeft, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4161 / ; 416145 ; 416500 ;
Abstract
A coverplate damping arrangement is provided for a turbine assembly wherein a sealing and damping pin which extends between and under adjacent bucket platforms is formed with one or more eccentric masses which cause the pin, under the urging of centrifugal force, to rotate into abutment with the coverplate.