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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Inventor:
Barry Barnett, Markham, CA;
Assignee:
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/042 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49321 (2015.01);
Abstract
The gas turbine engine vane assembly has a vane having an elongated airfoil body extending to a tip and a grommet disposed around the tip. An insert having a closed loop shape with an inner surface matingly shaped to receive the outer surface of the grommet, and an outer surface matingly shaped to be snugly received in the slot. A method of mounting such a vane assembly is also disclosed.