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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth Alan Bachelder, Milford, OH (US);
Donald James Welty, Milford, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/06 ; F02K 3/075 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/06 ; F02K 3/075 ;
Abstract
A method enables a gas turbine engine variable bypass valve system to be assembled. The method comprises positioning a unison ring circumferentially within the gas turbine engine such that the unison ring is radially outward from a structural frame, coupling at least one bellcrank to the unison ring, such that the unison ring is radially supported only by said at least one bellcrank, and coupling the at least one bellcrank to a bellcrank support that is coupled to the structural frame.