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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
May. 05, 2011
Daniel Ross Predmore, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Robert James Sherwood, Fonda, NY (US);
Rajendra Gonoor, Karnataka, IN;
Erik Eduardo Lopez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Daniel Ross Predmore, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Robert James Sherwood, Fonda, NY (US);
Rajendra Gonoor, Karnataka, IN;
Erik Eduardo Lopez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A support arrangement is provided for an inner casing of a turbine having an inner casing with upper and lower sections secured together along a first interface lying substantially in a horizontal plane containing a longitudinal centerline of a turbine rotor. An outer shell substantially encloses the inner casing, and in the inner casing is supported directly on an external foundation at a mounting location below the longitudinal centerline.