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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Michael Lee, Peabody, MA (US);
David Coburn, Salem, NH (US);
Joseph Fagan, Brookline, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A blade retainer for a gas turbine engine includes a plate-like member with an arcuate outer face, an opposed inner face, and two spaced-apart end faces. The member has an outer portion disposed adjacent the outer face, and an inner portion disposed adjacent the inner face, and a wedge-shaped recess with a concave radiused valley is formed in the inner portion adjacent each end face. The retainer is left-right symmetrical.