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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Carney R. Anderson, East Haddam, CT (US);
Peter V. Tomeo, Middletown, CT (US);
Inventors:
Carney R. Anderson, East Haddam, CT (US);
Peter V. Tomeo, Middletown, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lock for constraining blades in a hub includes a flexible ring for constraining the blades from moving axially in the hub, a finger attached to the hub for preventing the ring from rotating relative to the hub and whereby the ring flexes about at least a partial circumference thereof if urged axially by the blades.