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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:
Nov. 27, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416 / ; 415115 ; 416145 ; 416500 ; 416 / ;
Abstract
In order to damp possible vibration of a rotor blade for a gas turbine engine, the blade has a hollow tip portion with an internal surface extending across the direction of the centrifugal field on the blade. A weight comprising e.g. Silicon Nitride or Carbide is caused by centrifugal force to bear on this surface. Relative motion and hence friction between the weight and the surface serves to damp vibration of the blade.