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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis, Arlington, MA (US);
Peter Walter Mueller, Morrow, OH (US);
John Robert Ramsey, Groveland, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 3/00 ; F01D 2/516 ; F16C 1/950 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 3/00 ; F01D 2/516 ; F16C 1/950 ;
Abstract
A bearing housing includes inner and outer shells through which a rotor shaft may extend. A service tube is fixedly joined to the inner shell and extends through a service aperture in the outer shell. A flexible coupling sealingly joins the service tube to the outer shell at the service aperture for permitting differential thermal movement between the inner and outer shells at the service tube.