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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:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick Martin Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Roger Clayton Walker, Middletown, OH (US);
Christopher Charles Glynn, Hamilton, OH (US);
Martin C Hemsworth, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ; F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416 / ; 416 95 ; 416248 ; 416500 ; 415115 ; 415116 ; 415119 ;
Abstract
In a compressor rotor assembly including a plurality of rotor disks affixed to a rotor body, and wherein at least one radially directed cooling tube is supported from a radially outer end within a rotor shaft, with an opposite, radially inner free end extending toward a longitudinal axis of the rotor, an improvement comprising a ring member loosely secured to the tube at the free end.