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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Kevin L. Corcoran, Middletown, CT (US);
Kimberly Pash Boyington, Haddam, CT (US);
Inventors:
Kevin L. Corcoran, Middletown, CT (US);
Kimberly Pash Boyington, Haddam, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/30 (2006.01); F01D 25/00 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/00 (2013.01); F01D 5/303 (2013.01); F01D 11/006 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49297 (2015.01);
Abstract
A sealing assembly for use in a gas turbine engine having a disk arranged relative to an axis, the assembly including a circumferential groove defined in the disk and an annular wire seal positioned at least partially within the groove. The groove includes a first sidewall, a base portion adjoining the first sidewall, and a second sidewall adjoining the base portion opposite the first sidewall, wherein the second sidewall is angled in a range greater than 0° and less than 90° with respect to the axis.