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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2011
Applicants:
David C. Jarmon, Kensington, CT (US);
Peter G. Smith, Wallingford, CT (US);
Inventors:
David C. Jarmon, Kensington, CT (US);
Peter G. Smith, Wallingford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/60 (2006.01); F23R 3/16 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F23R 3/00 (2006.01); F23R 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/16 (2013.01); F01D 5/284 (2013.01); F01D 9/023 (2013.01); F01D 9/042 (2013.01); F23R 3/002 (2013.01); F23R 3/005 (2013.01); F23R 3/06 (2013.01); F23R 3/60 (2013.01); F23M 2900/05002 (2013.01); F23R 2900/00012 (2013.01); F23R 2900/03042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vane assembly has an outer support ring, an inner support ring, an outer liner ring, an inner liner ring, and a circumferential array of vanes. Each vane has a shell extending from an inboard end to an outboard end and at least partially through an associated aperture in the inner liner ring and an associated aperture in the outer liner ring. There is at least one of: an outer compliant member compliantly radially positioning the vane; and an inner compliant member compliantly radially positioning the vane.