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US 2022/0065121 A1Published application
Face seal carrier arrester
AssigneeRaytheon Technologies Corporation
InventorsAndrew V. Schwendenmann, Armando Amador, Joseph B. Phelps, Sean McCutchan
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Abstract
A face seal assembly includes a seal carrier, a seal element supported by the seal carrier, a rotating seal plate interactive with the seal element to define a face seal, and a seal arrester configured to engage the seal carrier at a predetermined amount of wear of the seal element to stop wear of the seal element.
Claims20
A face seal assembly, comprising:
- a seal carrier;
- a seal element supported by the seal carrier;
- a rotating seal plate interactive with the seal element to define a face seal;
- and
- a seal arrester configured to engage the seal carrier at a predetermined amount of wear of the seal element to stop wear of the seal element.
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A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a turbine;
- a rotating shaft driven by the turbine;
- a bearing assembly supportive of the shaft;
- and
- a face seal assembly configured to seal the bearing assembly, including:
- a seal carrier;
- a seal element supported by the seal carrier;
- a rotating seal plate interactive with the seal element to define a face seal;
- and
- a seal arrester configured to engage the seal carrier at a predetermined amount of wear of the seal element to stop wear of the seal element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.