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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2010
Xinwen Xiao, San Diego, CA (US);
Shiv C. Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
Venkata S. Bandaru, Manchester, CT (US);
Gordon F. Jewess, San Diego, CA (US);
Davin Hansen, Vista, CA (US);
Xinwen Xiao, San Diego, CA (US);
Shiv C. Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
Venkata S. Bandaru, Manchester, CT (US);
Gordon F. Jewess, San Diego, CA (US);
Davin Hansen, Vista, CA (US);
Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A blade retainer clip for retaining a foot of a turbine blade in a shoe of a turbine disc of a turbine wheel includes: a clip shank that fits into a mating slot in the blade foot; a protuberance along a central portion of the clip shank that fits into a mating recess along the mating slot in the blade foot; a clip heel on one end of the clip shank that engages a heel of the blade foot and a heel of the disc shoe that expands radially from at least opposite sides of the clip shank; and a clip toe that extends beyond a toe of the disc shoe that is deformable to contact at least the toe of the disc shoe.