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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Lee Drozdenko, Bristol, CT (US);
William R. Graves, Manchester, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A rotor assembly is provided that includes a rotor disk, a rotor blade and a root spacer. The rotor disk includes a slot. The rotor blade includes a blade root that is arranged within the slot. The root spacer is arranged within the slot between the rotor disk and the blade root. The root spacer includes a base segment, a side segment and a fracture feature. The base segment radially engages the rotor disk. The side segment is radially separated from the rotor disk by a gap. The fracture feature may radially fracture the root spacer at an intersection between the base segment and the side segment.