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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Michael James Healy, Greenville, SC (US);
Patrick Daniel Noble, Greeville, SC (US);
Jeremy Peter Latimer, Greenville, SC (US);
Brendon James Leary, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine that having a flowpath having a rotor assembly that includes: a first rotor wheel supporting a first rotor blade having a platform that defines a first axial section of an inner boundary of the flowpath; a second rotor wheel supporting a second rotor blade having a platform that defines a second axial section of the inner boundary of the flowpath; and an annulus filler that includes an outboard surface that defines at least part of a third axial section of the inner boundary of the flowpath occurring between the first axial section and the second axial section of the inner boundary of the flowpath. The first rotor wheel may include an axial connector for axially engaging a mating surface formed on a radially innermost face of the first rotor blade and a mating surface formed on a radially innermost face of the annulus filler.