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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Thomas O. Moniz, Loveland, OH (US);
Kelly Sue Spinosa, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert J. Orlando, West Chester, OH (US);
Philip Robert Viars, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas O. Moniz, Loveland, OH (US);
Kelly Sue Spinosa, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert J. Orlando, West Chester, OH (US);
Philip Robert Viars, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine assembly is provided. The gas turbine engine assembly includes a high-pressure compressor including a first rotor and a second compressor rotor disposed downstream from the first rotor, a high-pressure turbine coupled downstream to the compressor by a first shaft, and an air directing assembly coupled between the first and second compressor rotors for selectively channeling airflow discharged from the first compressor rotor through the first shaft. A method of assembling a gas turbine engine is also provided.