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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Jonathan Munshi, Scotia, NY (US);
John Cleland Lavash, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William David Moore, Rensselaer, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine wheel including a male dovetail configuration about substantially an entire periphery of the wheel, interrupted by a notch formed by removal of portions of the male dovetail at a bucket loading location on the periphery of the wheel. A closure bucket adapted for loading onto the wheel includes a root portion, a platform and airfoil, the root portion formed with a pair of radially inwardly extending laterally spaced tangs, the tangs each formed with a pair of radially aligned retaining pin holes, the retaining pin holes located radially inwardly of the male dovetail configuration.