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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Sean Robert Keith, Fairfield, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Danowski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Leslie Eugene Leeke, Jr., Burlington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Sean Robert Keith, Fairfield, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Danowski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Leslie Eugene Leeke, Jr., Burlington, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rotor blade assembly includes a shank, an airfoil that is formed integrally with the shank, and a removable platform coupled between said shank and said airfoil via a friction fit. A method of assembling a gas turbine engine rotor blade assembly that includes a removable platform, and a gas turbine engine rotor assembly including the removable platform are also described herein.