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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
John E. Wilber, East Hampton, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F16J 13/06 (2006.01); F16J 15/34 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F01D 9/044 (2013.01); F01D 9/047 (2013.01); F01D 11/005 (2013.01); F01D 25/162 (2013.01); F01D 25/246 (2013.01); F16J 13/06 (2013.01); F16J 15/3464 (2013.01); F05D 2230/237 (2013.01); F05D 2240/11 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); Y02T 50/673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mid-turbine frame for a gas turbine engine ducts gases between a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine. The mid-turbine frame may include an outer flowpath ring, an inner flowpath ring, and a plurality of vanes extending therebetween. The outer flowpath ring comprises a unitary structure, while the inner flowpath ring and the plurality of vanes comprises a plurality of segments.