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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2008
John P. Dalton, Wellington, FL (US);
Frank Maichle, Mellingen, CH;
Rex A. Smith, Port St. Lucie, FL (US);
Matthew Gent, Port St. Lucie, FL (US);
Stuart Bishop, Palm City, FL (US);
George Obranic, Loxahatchee, FL (US);
John P. Dalton, Wellington, FL (US);
Frank Maichle, Mellingen, CH;
Rex A. Smith, Port St. Lucie, FL (US);
Matthew Gent, Port St. Lucie, FL (US);
Stuart Bishop, Palm City, FL (US);
George Obranic, Loxahatchee, FL (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A sealing interface for a component in a turbine machine, wherein a plug is mechanically affixed within an entrance passage of an aperture. The plug is secured in place within the entrance passage through deformation of an inner end of the plug to cause the plug to mechanically engage a groove formed adjacent the entrance passage.