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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Shihming Jan, Solana Beach, CA (US);
David Carlton Hansen, Vista, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shihming Jan, Solana Beach, CA (US);
David Carlton Hansen, Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine blade assembly has a turbine blade with a root section and an airfoil section. The root section has one of a radially extending groove or flange, and a retainer element has the other of the groove and the flange. The groove receives the flange to hold the retainer element and the blade together. The retainer element has axial ends extending radially inwardly to secure a turbine blade assembly within a disk slot in a turbine rotor disk. A method is also disclosed.