Gas turbine engine having a sealing member
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsJulie J. Marquis, Armando Amador, David C. Kiely, Nasr A. Shuaib, Brian Stahl
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a cover, a support, and a sealing member. The cover has a cover housing and a cover arm extending from the cover housing between a first arm end connected to the cover housing and a second arm end having a cover end surface. The support has a support body, a first support arm extending between a first support arm first end connected to the support body and a first support arm second end. The cover arm extends into the first support arm. The sealing member at least partially extends across a gap defined between the cover end surface and the first support arm.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a cover having a cover housing and a cover arm extending from the cover housing between a first arm end connected to the cover housing and a second arm end having a cover end surface;
- a support having a support body, a first support arm extending between a first support arm first end connected to the support body and a first support arm second end, the cover arm extending into the first support arm;
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- a sealing member that at least partially extends across a gap defined between the cover end surface and the first support arm.
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a cover having a cover arm extending between a first arm end and a second arm end having a cover end surface, the cover arm defining a cover notch that extends from second arm end towards a notch end surface and is disposed between a first cover lug and a second cover lug;
- a support having a support body, a first support arm extending between a first support arm first end connected to the support body and a first support arm second end, the first support arm defining a support notch that extends from the first support arm first end towards a support end face and is disposed between a first support lug and a second support lug, the first cover lug being received within the support notch and the first support lug being received within the cover notch;
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- a first gap defined between the first support lug and the notch end surface and a second gap defined between the first cover lug and the support end face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.