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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Carney R. Anderson, East Haddam, CT (US);
Peter V. Tomeo, Middletown, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/32 (2006.01); F01D 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/326 (2013.01); F01D 5/3015 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49321 (2015.01);
Abstract
A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blades including a root portion and an airfoil portion. The rotor includes a plurality of slots that receive the root portion of a corresponding blade. The rotor includes an annular groove for a first and second retaining ring. The retaining rings are received within a common annular groove for holding each of the plurality of blades within the slots of the rotor.