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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:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
May. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen W Brown, East Hartford, CT (US);
Raymond A Wolf, Broad Brook, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
298883 ; 2989001 ; 219107 ; 228181 ; 4151731 ; 4151735 ;
Abstract
A rotary machine which includes a stator assembly 36 having a seal assembly 38 is disclosed. Various structural, details are developed which improve the structural integrity of the seal assembly during fabrication. In one detailed embodiment, the seal assembly includes a substrate 42 having angled surfaces 44, 46 facing a flowpath 24 for working medium gases which intersect at an obtuse angle region I and an axially continuous metal structure 48 which is attached to both surfaces and extends across the obtuse angle region.