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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gareth William David Lewis, Greenville, SC (US);
Andrew Daniel Grafitti, Greenville, SC (US);
Jonathan Matthew Lomas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Felipe Roman-Morales, Greenville, SC (US);
Ronald Lee Souther, Campobello, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F04D 3/00 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F01D 11/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); B23P 15/04 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/02 (2013.01); B23P 6/007 (2013.01); B23P 15/04 (2013.01); F01D 5/005 (2013.01); F01D 5/14 (2013.01); F01D 5/288 (2013.01); F01D 11/001 (2013.01); F05D 2230/80 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4932 (2015.01);
Abstract
A turbomachine bucket may include an airfoil, a shank coupled to the airfoil, and an angel wing coupled to the shank, the angel wing having an axially extending tip sized to seal with a plurality of discouragers, each discourager having a different axial extent. Various methods for modifying an angel wing to accommodate different sized discouragers are also disclosed.