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Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Joseph Charles Albers, Fort Wright, KY (US);

Mark Willard Marusko, Springboro, OH (US);

Barry Allan Wilson, Broken Arrow, OK (US);

Aaron Michael Dziech, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Charles Albers, Fort Wright, KY (US);

Mark Willard Marusko, Springboro, OH (US);

Barry Allan Wilson, Broken Arrow, OK (US);

Aaron Michael Dziech, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A turbine shroud sealing apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an arcuate shroud segment comprising a low-ductility material and having a cross-sectional shape defined by opposed forward and aft walls, and opposed inner and outer walls, the walls extending between opposed first and second end faces of the segment; and (b) a first seal assembly received in at least one slot formed in the first end face, the first seal assembly comprising one or more spline seals which protrude from the first end face and which are arranged to define a continuous sealing surface around the perimeter of the first end face.


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