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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
James S. Shaw, Hampton Falls, NH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/954 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/954 ;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine nozzle includes outer and inner bands. Each of the bands includes segments circumferentially adjoining at corresponding splits. The splits of the inner band are circumferentially spaced from the splits of the outer band. A plurality of vanes are fixedly joined to the outer and inner segments which collectively define an accordion loadpath therethrough.