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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Jacob a Mills, Jupiter, FL (US);
Inventor:
Jacob A Mills, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., Jupiter, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/08 (2006.01); F02C 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A floating air riding seal for a gas turbine engine with a rotor and a stator, an annular piston chamber with an axial moveable annular piston assembly within the annular piston chamber, an annular cavity formed on the annular piston assembly that faces a seal surface on the rotor, and a central passage connecting the annular cavity to the annular piston chamber to supply compressed air to the seal face, where the annular piston assembly is a split piston assembly to maintain a tight seal as coning of the rotor disk occurs.