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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Schenectady, NY (US);
Andrew Greif, Geneva, IL (US);
Inventors:
Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Schenectady, NY (US);
Andrew Greif, Geneva, IL (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/447 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A brush seal assembly and method for sealing a turbine machine rotary member relative to a stationary member circumscribing the rotary member. The seal assembly includes a first compliant seal component disposed at a radially inward region of the stationary member in rubbing contact with a surface of the rotary member. The seal assembly also includes at least one hard seal element formed integrally with a carrier of the first compliant seal component, located a specified axial distance from the first compliant seal component.