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US 2019/0195136 A1Published application
Triple bend finger seal and deflection thereof
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsKevin W. White, Randall J. Brown
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Abstract
A finger seal for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The finger seal includes a first leg, a second leg, a third leg, a fourth leg, a first bend segment disposed between the first leg and the second leg, a second bend segment disposed between the second leg and the third leg, and a third bend segment disposed between the third leg and the fourth leg. The third bend segment is radially outward of the first bend segment relative to an axial centerline of the gas turbine engine.
Claims15
A gas turbine engine having an axial centerline, comprising:
- a combustor section;
- a turbine section that includes a vane;
- a duct coupled to the combustor section and the turbine section;
- and
- a finger seal coupled to the duct and the vane, the finger seal including
- a first leg;
- a second leg;
- a third leg;
- a fourth leg;
- a first bend segment disposed between the first leg and the second leg;
- a second bend segment disposed between the second leg and the third leg;
- and
- a third bend segment disposed between the third leg and the fourth leg,
- wherein the first bend segment is located radially outward of the first leg relative to the axial centerline,
- wherein the second bend segment is located radially inward of the second leg and the third leg relative to the axial centerline,
- wherein the third bend segment is located radially outward of the third leg and the fourth leg relative to the axial centerline, and
- wherein the third bend segment s located radially outward of the first bend segment relative to the axial centerline.
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A finger seal for a gas turbine engine comprising:
- a first leg;
- a second leg;
- a third leg;
- a fourth leg;
- a first bend segment disposed between the first leg and the second leg;
- a second bend segment disposed between the second leg and the third leg;
- and
- a third bend segment disposed between the third leg and the fourth leg,
- wherein the third bend segment is radially outward of the first bend segment relative to an axial centerline of the gas turbine engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.