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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Jason David Shapiro, Methuen, MA (US);
Roger Lee Doughty, Pleasant Plain, OH (US);
Aaron Dziech, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Victor Correia, Milton Mills, NH (US);
Elias Lampes, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Robert Carella, Beverly, MA (US);
Brian Corsetti, Stoneham, MA (US);
Jason David Shapiro, Methuen, MA (US);
Roger Lee Doughty, Pleasant Plain, OH (US);
Aaron Dziech, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Victor Correia, Milton Mills, NH (US);
Elias Lampes, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Robert Carella, Beverly, MA (US);
Brian Corsetti, Stoneham, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine shroud apparatus is provided for a gas turbine engine having a central axis. The apparatus includes: (a) an annular support member; (b) a turbine shroud disposed in the support member, the shroud being a continuous ring comprising a low-ductility material and having opposed flowpath and back surfaces, and opposed forward and aft ends; and (c) a spring mounted between the support member and the shroud and arranged to resiliently urge the shroud to a concentric position within the structural member.