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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jeremy Peter Latimer, Greenville, SC (US);
Donald Joseph Kasperski, Greenville, SC (US);
Thomas R. Tipton, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a gas turbine engine system. The system may include a rotor wheel having a number of blades mounted about a periphery of the rotor wheel. Further, the system may include a retention device. The retention device may include a number of projections extending from a radial surface of the rotor wheel to form a number of circumferential slots about the rotor wheel. The retention device may also include a number of elongated members positioned within the circumferential slots to impede axial movement of the blades.