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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Lisa Wichmann, Greenville, SC (US);
Nick Martin, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Lisa Wichmann, Greenville, SC (US);
Nick Martin, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Genral Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A compressor having a plurality of vane units each having at least one airfoil projecting from the base. Each base has a groove, so that when the vane units are disposed circumferentially adjacent, the grooves of the respective vane units are circumferentially aligned. A metal strip is disposed in the groove of a plurality of adjacent vane units to link the vane units forming a more rigid ring of vanes that are less susceptible to vane motion, e.g., caused by pressure fluctuations within the compressor of a gas turbine.