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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2007
Kevin Leon Bruce, Greer, SC (US);
Ronald Ralph Cairo, Greer, SC (US);
Ronald Phillip Nimmer, Schenectady, NY (US);
Curtis Alan Johnson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Gregory Scot Corman, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Herbert Chidsey Roberts, Iii, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kevin Leon Bruce, Greer, SC (US);
Ronald Ralph Cairo, Greer, SC (US);
Ronald Phillip Nimmer, Schenectady, NY (US);
Curtis Alan Johnson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Gregory Scot Corman, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Herbert Chidsey Roberts, III, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A support apparatus for a gas turbine shroud is disclosed. The apparatus includes an outer shroud block having a coupling connectable to a casing of the gas turbine and a shroud component having a forward flange and an aft flange. The shroud component is attached to the outer shroud block via the forward flange and the aft flange. The apparatus further includes a damper disposed between the outer shroud block and the shroud component and a biasing element disposed within the outer shroud block. A translational degree of freedom between the damper and the outer shroud block defines a direction of motion of the damper. The biasing element is in operable connection between the outer shroud block and the shroud component via the damper, a bias force of the biasing element directed along the direction of motion of the damper.