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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
May. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Louis J. Dobek, Somers, CT (US);
Masayoshi Sonokawa, West Hartford, CT (US);
Harold K. Shaffer, Tolland, CT (US);
Mark Story, Kutztown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Louis J. Dobek, Somers, CT (US);
Masayoshi Sonokawa, West Hartford, CT (US);
Harold K. Shaffer, Tolland, CT (US);
Mark Story, Kutztown, PA (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A face seal for a gas turbine engine comprises a seal body that has a contact face to engage a rotating surface. The contact face is defined as an area extending radially between an inner diameter of the seal body and an outer diameter of the seal body at one seal end providing a radial width. The radial width is between greater than 0.15 inch (3.81 mm).