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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Alisha M. Zimmermann, Vernon Rockville, CT (US);
Conway Chuong, Manchester, CT (US);
Shelton O. Duelm, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Inventors:
Alisha M. Zimmermann, Vernon Rockville, CT (US);
Conway Chuong, Manchester, CT (US);
Shelton O. Duelm, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/005 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49323 (2015.01); F05D 2240/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vane segment for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil disposed between an outer platform and an inner platform. A slot for receiving a seal is defined within the outer platform and includes closed first and second ends and an upper surface spaced apart from a lower surface with a spacing between the upper surface and the lower surfaces that varies along a length of the slot.