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US 2021/0087939 A1Published application
Turbine engine with interlocking seal
AssigneeGE Avio S.r.l.
InventorsAntonio Giusseppe D'Ettole, Andrea Depalma, Roberto Maddaleno, Matteo Renato Usseglio
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Abstract
A turbine engine with an outer rotor that circumscribes an inner rotor or inner stator. The outer rotor includes circumferentially arranged components with a radial outer end and radial inner end. Inner ends of confronting sides of adjacent components include at least one damper element to dampen the relative motion of the components or to provide at least a partial seal between adjacent components.
Claims20
A turbine engine comprising:
- an inner rotor/stator having a longitudinal axis;
- an outer rotor circumscribing at least a portion of the inner rotor/stator and rotating about the longitudinal axis, and having at least one component comprising a plurality of circumferentially arranged and radially extending component segments, each component segment having first and second ends;
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- a damper element securing the first and second ends to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.