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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2003
Jan Christopher Schilling, Middletown, OH (US);
Daniel Edward Mollmann, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Barry Lynn Allmon, Maineville, OH (US);
Anthony Durchholz, Loveland, OH (US);
Jan Christopher Schilling, Middletown, OH (US);
Daniel Edward Mollmann, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Barry Lynn Allmon, Maineville, OH (US);
Anthony Durchholz, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method facilitates the assembly of a stator assembly for a turbine engine. The method includes providing a cantilevered shell including a first end and a second end, and coupling a second member within the turbine engine. The method also includes coupling the shell to a frame such that the shell extends circumferentially around at least a portion of the second member such that a non-uniform circumferential radial gap is defined radially between the second member and the shell using methods other than directing machining of an inner surface of the shell, and wherein the non-uniform circumferential radial clearance gap becomes substantially uniform during operation of the engine.