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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2006
Steven S. Burdgick, Guilderland, NY (US);
Thomas W. Crall, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Steven S. Burdgick, Guilderland, NY (US);
Thomas W. Crall, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A nozzle assembly for a turbine that may include: (1) a nozzle blade having inner and outer sidewalls and, in part, defining a flowpath upon assembly into the turbine; (2) an outer ring; (3) a flowsplitter having a horizontal extension; (4) an interface between the outer ring and the outer sidewall having at least one of (i) a male/female interface or (ii) a radial interlock; and (5) an interface between the horizontal extension and the inner sidewall having at least one of (i) the male/female interface or (ii) the radial interlock. In some embodiments, one of the interface between the outer ring and the outer sidewall and the interface between the horizontal extension and the inner sidewall comprises a weld and one of the interface between the outer ring and the outer sidewall and the interface between the horizontal extension and the inner sidewall is weld free.