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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2005
Julius John Montgomery, Mason, OH (US);
Robert Proctor, West Chester, OH (US);
Nathan Gerard Cormier, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher Charles Glynn, Hamilton, OH (US);
Glen William Royal, Pasadena, CA (US);
Julius John Montgomery, Mason, OH (US);
Robert Proctor, West Chester, OH (US);
Nathan Gerard Cormier, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher Charles Glynn, Hamilton, OH (US);
Glen William Royal, Pasadena, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing a gas turbine engine including a compressor, a combustor downstream from the compressor, and a turbine coupled to the compressor, and coupling a seal assembly aft of the compressor such that air discharged through the seal assembly facilitates reducing the cavity pressure, and therefore reducing the axial forces induced to an aft side of the compressor.