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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Blake J. Luczak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Blake J. Luczak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/26 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/26 (2013.01); F01D 5/282 (2013.01); F01D 5/3007 (2013.01); F01D 5/3084 (2013.01); F01D 5/3092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotor includes a disk that has slots circumferentially arranged around its periphery. Blades include respective roots that are mounted in respective ones of the slots. The roots are smaller than the slots such that there are circumferential gaps between the roots and circumferential sides of the slots. Wedges are respectively located within the circumferential gaps. The wedges are free floating with regard to the blades and the disk.