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US 2020/0347738 A1Published application
Seal for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsTracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Egon Salimusaj
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Abstract
A component for a gas turbine engine includes a first platform that has a first pair of circumferential surfaces and a first axially aft surface. A first axially extending seal slot is located in each of the first pair of circumferential surfaces and the first axially aft surface. A first cover plate is attached to the first axially aft surface and encloses at least a portion of the first axially extending seal slots.
Claims20
A component for a gas turbine engine comprising:
- a first platform having a first pair of circumferential surfaces and a first axially aft surface;
- a first axially extending seal slot located in each of the first pair of circumferential surfaces and the first axially aft surface;
- and
- a first cover plate attached to the first axially aft surface enclosing at least a portion of the first axially extending seal slots.
1 more element
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a compressor section upstream of a combustor section;
- and
- a turbine section downstream of the combustor section wherein at least one of the compressor section or the turbine section includes a component having:
- a first platform having a first pair of circumferential surfaces and a first axially aft surface;
- a first axially extending seal slot located in each of the first pair of circumferential surfaces and the first axially aft surface;
- and
- a first cover plate attached to the first axially aft surface enclosing at least a portion of the first axially extending seal slots.
4 more elements
A method of forming a seal slot in a component including the steps of:
- forming a first axially extending seal slot through each of a pair of first circumferential surfaces and a first axially aft surface on a first platform;
- and
- enclosing a portion of the first axially extending seal slot with a cover plate attached to the first axially aft surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.