Seal support assembly for a turbine engine
AssigneesGeneral Electric Company, General Electric Company Polska sp. z o.o.
InventorsSajinu Nangariyil, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Abhilash Pillai, Adam Tomasz Pazinski, David Raju Yamarthi
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Abstract
A turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine defines a radial direction and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly comprising a seal segment, the seal segment having a seal face configured to form a fluid bearing with the rotor; and a seal support assembly, the seal support assembly including a magnet assembly having a magnet coupled to the carrier or the seal segment for biasing the first seal segment along the radial direction.
Claims20
A turbine engine defining a radial direction, comprising:
- a rotor;
- a stator comprising a carrier;
- a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly comprising a seal segment having a seal face configured to form a fluid bearing with the rotor;
- and
- a seal support assembly including a magnet assembly having:
- a magnet;
- a magnet base defining a radial wall, the magnet coupled to and positioned at least partially within the magnet base;
- and
- a bumper disposed on the radial wall of the magnet base, the bumper being spaced from the magnet in the radial direction
- wherein the magnet is configured for biasing the seal segment along the radial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.