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Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Hoyle Jang, Schenectady, NY (US);

Gary Michael Itzel, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Yufeng Phillip Yu, Guilderland, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 ;
Abstract

A method of increasing low cycle fatigue life of a turbine nozzle comprising a plurality of stationary airfoils extending between radially inner and outer ring segments comprising a) providing at least one radial passage in each of the plurality of airfoils; b) installing a rod in the radial passage extending between the radially inner and outer ring segments and fixing one end of the rod to one of the inner and outer rings; and c) pre-loading the rod to compress the airfoil between the inner and outer ring segments.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Jang, Hoyle. (2002). Pre-stressed/pre-compressed gas turbine nozzle (U.S. Patent No. 6402463). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6402463

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