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US 2013/0170964 A1Published application
Contoured Honeycomb Seal for Turbine Shroud
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRohit Chouhan, Georgia L. Fleming, Sumeet Soni
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Abstract
The present application provides a stage of a turbine engine. The stage may include a bucket, a shroud facing the bucket, and a contoured honeycomb seal on the shroud. The contoured honeycomb seal may include a first step with a first shape and a second step with a contoured shape.
Claims20
A stage of a turbine engine, comprising:
- a bucket;
- a shroud facing the bucket;
- and
- a contoured honeycomb seal on the shroud;
- wherein the contoured honeycomb seal comprises a first step with a first shape and a second step with a contoured shape.
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A turbine of a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a plurality of stages;
- a plurality of buckets;
- a shroud surrounding the plurality of buckets;
- a contoured honeycomb seal positioned on the shroud and facing a bucket of a last stage;
- and
- a diffuser downstream of the last stage.
3 more elements
A stage of a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a bucket;
- a shroud facing the bucket;
- and
- a contoured honeycomb seal on the shroud;
- wherein the contoured honeycomb seal comprises a first step and a contoured second step;
- and
- a contoured shroud aft end downstream of the contoured honeycomb seal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.