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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
David J. Wiebe, Orlando, FL (US);
Jerome H. Katy, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Richard Seleski, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Benjamin G. Hettinger, Jupiter, FL (US);
Adam Wallace, Jupiter, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A turbine assembly having an outer casing (), an inner structural ring (), and an annular gas path () defined between outer and inner flow path walls () for conducting a gas flow through the turbine assembly. A plurality of structural struts () are spaced apart in a circumferential direction, each strut () including a strut body () extending in a radial direction for supporting the inner structural ring () to the outer casing (). A first strut end () at a radially outer end of the strut body () is detachably attached to the outer casing () with a first fastener structure () engaging the outer casing (), and a second strut end () at a radially inner end of the strut body () is detachably attached to the inner structural ring () with a second fastener structure () engaging the inner structural ring ().