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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2006
Yevgeniy Shteyman, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
John Strain, Tequesta, FL (US);
William R. Ryan, Oviedo, FL (US);
Robert W. Spitzer, Casselberry, FL (US);
Yevgeniy Shteyman, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
John Strain, Tequesta, FL (US);
William R. Ryan, Oviedo, FL (US);
Robert W. Spitzer, Casselberry, FL (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A support for the first row turbine vanes () in a gas turbine engine, the support including a support framework (). The support framework () includes an outer vane carrier (), and an inner vane carrier () connected to the outer vane carrier () by a plurality of struts (). The outer vane carrier () is mounted to an inner casing () of the engine and the struts () support the inner vane carrier () in cantilevered relation to the outer vane carrier (). An aft outer flange () of each first row vane () is supported on the outer vane carrier () and a forward inner flange () of the vane () is support on the inner vane carrier ().