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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Konstantino Kouris, Madison, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ; F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415135 ; 415138 ; 415189 ; 415200 ; 4152092 ; 4152094 ; 4152093 ;
Abstract
A ceramic turbine inlet vane(s) is resiliently mounted to stator portions (10) and (15) of a gas turbine engine by outer and inner resilient mounts (20) and (25). The resilient mounts each include springs, which accommodate varying rates of radial and axial thermal expansion between the vane and adjacent metallic stator structure.