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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:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Moniz, Loveland, OH (US);
Peter A Jensen, West Chester, OH (US);
August H Kramer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416155 ; 4162 / ; 416205 ;
Abstract
A blade retention system which allows a blade to be rotated about a blade stack axis by utilizing a cover, an anti-rotational key, and strap is described. The substantially cylindrical cover rotatably couples to a rotor disk opening using a thrust bearing. The cover includes a dovetail-load slot for receiving a rotor blade dovetail key. The anti-rotation key is positioned between the dovetail key and the dovetail-load slot to secured the blade to the cover. The strap holds the key in place and is clamped between the cover and the control mechanism.