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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2004
Kevin Leon Bruce, Greer, SC (US);
David Vincent Bucci, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ronald Ralph Cairo, Greer, SC (US);
David Mitchell, Longwood, FL (US);
Kevin Leon Bruce, Greer, SC (US);
David Vincent Bucci, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ronald Ralph Cairo, Greer, SC (US);
David Mitchell, Longwood, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method facilitates assembling a stator assembly for a turbine engine. The method comprises positioning a shroud fabricated from a ceramic matrix composite material adjacent a metallic stator block, and coupling the shroud to the stator block using a coupling arrangement such that a predetermined radial clearance is defined between the shroud and a rotor assembly coupled radially inward thereof.