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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Arthur Schuler, Fairfield, OH (US);
Marek Szrajer, Warsaw, PL;
Leszek Rzeszutek, Warsaw, PL;
Jakub Broniszewski, Bartoszyce, PL;
Arthur Schuler, Fairfield, OH (US);
Marek Szrajer, Warsaw, PL;
Leszek Rzeszutek, Warsaw, PL;
Jakub Broniszewski, Bartoszyce, PL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an outer shroud having a circumferential array of outer slots; (b) an inner shroud having a circumferential array of inner slots; (c) a plurality of airfoil-shaped vanes extending between the inner and outer shrouds, each vane having inner and outer ends which are received in the inner and outer slots; and (d) an annular, resilient retention ring spring which engages the inner ends of the vanes and urges them in a radially inward direction.