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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Robert P. Czachor, Wyoming, OH (US);
Thomas L. Maclean, Mason, OH (US);
Robert E. Jones, Fairfield, OH (US);
Inventors:
Robert P. Czachor, Wyoming, OH (US);
Thomas L. MacLean, Mason, OH (US);
Robert E. Jones, Fairfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D025/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbomachine frame member including an annular inner hub and a concentric annular outer casing that is spaced radially outwardly from the inner hub to define an annular flow passageway. A plurality of substantially radially-extending, circumferentially-spaced struts interconnect the inner hub and outer casing. The struts are connected to the outer casing by respective pairs of connecting bolts that pass through the outer casing and into the struts to engage barrel nuts.