The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 25, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralph A Kirkpatrick, Mason, OH (US);
Kenneth Willgoose, Middletown, OH (US);
Omer D Erdmann, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416215 ; 416191 ; 416248 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a turbomachinery blading configuration. The configuration includes a circumferential recess in a blade support structure and a plurality of blades. Each blade has a platform for mounting the blade within the recess. Each platform includes oppositely directed, generally circumferentially facing edges, each edge having a first and second axial surfaces separated by a recess. The surfaces contact matching surfaces on adjacent blades thereby determining predictable load paths for tangential and twisting moment reaction forces acting on the blades.