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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Frederic Woodrow Roberts, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Victor John Morgan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Matthew Troy Hafner, Honea Path, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine shroud assembly is disclosed including an inner shroud having a surface adjacent to a hot gas path, an outer shroud, and a biasing apparatus. The biasing apparatus is arranged and disposed to bias the inner shroud in a direction away from the hot gas path, loading the inner shroud to the outer shroud. In another embodiment, the biasing apparatus is a springless biasing apparatus including at least one bellows, at least one thrust piston, or a combination of at least one bellows and at least one thrust piston. A method for loading the turbine shroud assembly is disclosed including biasing the inner shroud having a surface adjacent to a hot gas path in a direction away from the hot gas path toward the outer shroud, wherein biasing the inner shroud includes a biasing force exerted by the biasing apparatus.