Stator assembly for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsArthur Schuler, Marek Szrajer, Leszek Rzeszutek, Jakub Broniszewski
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Abstract
A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an outer shroud having a circumferential array of outer slots; (b) an inner shroud having a circumferential array of inner slots; (c) a plurality of airfoil-shaped vanes extending between the inner and outer shrouds, each vane having inner and outer ends which are received in the inner and outer slots; and (d) an annular, resilient retention ring spring which engages the inner ends of the vanes and urges them in a radially inward direction.
Claims19
A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- (a) an outer shroud having a circumferential array of outer slots;
- (b) an inner shroud having a circumferential array of inner slots;
- (c) a plurality of airfoil-shaped vanes extending between the inner and outer shrouds, each vane having inner and outer ends which are received in the inner and outer slots, respectively;
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- (d) an annular, resilient retention ring spring which engages the inner ends of the vanes and urges them in a radially inward direction.
A method of assembling a stator assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- (a) providing an outer shroud having a circumferential array of outer slots;
- (b) providing an inner shroud having a circumferential array of inner slots;
- (c) inserting a plurality of airfoil-shaped vanes through the inner and outer slots;
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- (d) engaging the inner ends of the vanes with a resilient retention ring which urges them in a radially inward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.