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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Zhiqiang Wang, Greenville, SC (US);
Jon Conrad Scaeffer, Greenville, SC (US);
Iain Robertson Kellock, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Calvin L. Sims, Mauldin, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/26 ;
Abstract
A damper pin for a bucket damper slot in a turbine includes slot insertion ends shaped to fit into the bucket damper slot, and at least a first scallop section formed or machined between the slot insertion ends and shaped to receive a bucket shank pocket radial contour at bucket Hi-C. A second scallop section may also be formed or machined diametrically opposed and anti-symmetrical to the first scallop section between the slot insertion ends.