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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Michael Thomas Hudson, Greenville, SC (US);
John Robert Sech, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Michael Thomas Hudson, Greenville, SC (US);
John Robert Sech, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A load pin has an end portion, and a vane has a base with a cutout in the base, wherein the end portion of the load pin engages a wall portion of the cutout in the base of the vane, thereby inhibiting any movement of the vane in a particular direction.