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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:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
May. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen R Payling, Fairfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4152094 ; 4152093 ;
Abstract
An assembly for housing an inboard end of a stator vane in an axial flow compressor includes a shroud having a plurality of openings formed about the periphery of an outboard surface thereof, where the shroud includes at least one circumferential groove adjacent an inboard surface of the openings, and a bushing fitted into each of the openings, with the bushing including a slot in an outboard surface thereof for receiving the inboard end of the stator vane and at least one tang extending from a sidewall of the bushing, wherein the tang is positively retained within the shroud groove and radial displacement of the bushing is prevented.