Systems and Methods to Axially Retain Blades
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJeremy Peter Latimer, Donald Joseph Kasperski, Thomas R. Tipton
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a gas turbine engine system. The system may include a rotor wheel having a number of blades mounted about a periphery of the rotor wheel. Further, the system may include a retention device. The retention device may include a number of projections extending from a radial surface of the rotor wheel to form a number of circumferential slots about the rotor wheel. The retention device may also include a number of elongated members positioned within the circumferential slots to impede axial movement of the blades.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine system, comprising:
- a rotor wheel;
- a plurality of blades mounted about a periphery of the rotor wheel;
- and
- a retention device, comprising:
- a plurality of projections extending from a radial surface of the rotor wheel to form a plurality of circumferential slots about the rotor wheel;
- and
- a plurality of elongated members positioned within the plurality of circumferential slots to impede axial movement of the plurality of blades.
A method of axially retaining a plurality of blades about a periphery of a rotor wheel, comprising:
- mounting the plurality of blades about to the periphery of the rotor wheel;
- positioning a plurality of elongated members within a plurality of circumferential slots formed by a plurality of projections extending from a radial surface of the rotor wheel to impede axial movement of the plurality of blades;
- and
- rotating the rotor wheel.
A gas turbine engine system, comprising:
- a rotor wheel;
- a plurality of blades mounted about a periphery of the rotor wheel;
- and
- a retention device, comprising:
- a plurality of projections extending from a radial surface of the rotor wheel to form a plurality of circumferential slots about the rotor wheel;
- one or more elongated members positioned within the plurality of circumferential slots to impede axial movement of the plurality of blades;
- and
- a plurality of supports positioned about the plurality of circumferential slots to impede radial inward movement of the one or more elongated members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.