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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Orus Fitts, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Ronald Wayne Korzun, Clifton Park, NY (US);
John Thomas Murphy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/32 ;
Abstract
A loading spring segment for radially loading a turbine bucket within a turbine rotor groove includes a substantially circular metal sheet with a gap between opposed edges of the sheet, the sheet defining an arcuate segment in an arcuate length direction of the spring segment; and a plurality of radial slots in the sheet, spaced along the arcuate length direction to thereby create a plurality of individual springs within the arcuate segment.