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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Gabriel L. Suciu, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Christopher M. Dye, San Diego, CA (US);
William K. Ackermann, East Hartford, CT (US);
Stephen P. Muron, Columbia, CT (US);
Ioannis Alvanos, West Springfield, MA (US);
Brian D. Merry, Andover, CT (US);
Arthur M. Salve, Tolland, CT (US);
James W. Norris, Lebanon, CT (US);
Gabriel L. Suciu, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Christopher M. Dye, San Diego, CA (US);
William K. Ackermann, East Hartford, CT (US);
Stephen P. Muron, Columbia, CT (US);
Ioannis Alvanos, West Springfield, MA (US);
Brian D. Merry, Andover, CT (US);
Arthur M. Salve, Tolland, CT (US);
James W. Norris, Lebanon, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A rotor for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blades which extend from a rotor disk and at least one spacer adjacent to the plurality of blades. A flow passage is defined between the rotor disk and the blades and spacer. A plurality of inlets are formed within the spacer to pump air into the flow passage.