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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1991
Christopher H Lenhardt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Carl Grant, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chellappa Balan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A rotor includes a disc having a plurality of blades extending therefrom. The blades include tip shrouds, each having first and second axial ends, and first and second circumferential faces. The first and second faces of adjacent tip shrouds are spaced from each other to define gaps therebetween. The first and second ends each include U-shaped slots, each having an arcuate damper wire disposed therein. The slots are aligned generally parallel to an axial centerline axis of the rotor for allowing ease of manufacture and assembly while providing effective frictional damping by the damper wires urged by centrifugal force against the slots.