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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2003
Peter Andrew Simeone, Byfield, MA (US);
Dean Thomas Lenahan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeremy Stephen Wigon, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Alan Patrick St. Hilaire, Danvers, MA (US);
Dennis Centeno Iglesias, Cambridge, MA (US);
James Patrick Mcgovern, Marblehead, MA (US);
Peter Andrew Simeone, Byfield, MA (US);
Dean Thomas Lenahan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeremy Stephen Wigon, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Alan Patrick St. Hilaire, Danvers, MA (US);
Dennis Centeno Iglesias, Cambridge, MA (US);
James Patrick McGovern, Marblehead, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine. The method comprises providing a rotor assembly including a rotor shaft and a rotor disk that includes a radially outer rim, a radially inner hub, and an integral web extending therebetween, wherein the rotor assembly is rotatable about an axis of rotation extending through the rotor shaft, and coupling a disk retainer including at least one discharge tube to the rotor disk wherein the discharge tube extends outwardly from the disk retainer for pumping the air to a higher pressure before discharging cooling fluid therefrom in a direction that is substantially perpendicular with respect to the axis of rotation.