Floating seal assembly for a turbine engine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRahul Anil Bidkar, Steven Douglas Johnson, Uttara Vijay Kumar, Randy Thomas Antelo, Keith William Gary
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Abstract
A floating seal assembly for a turbine engine. The floating seal assembly has a carriage assembly, a seal body, a seal face, a pressurization cavity, and an internal passage. The carriage assembly defines a seal seat with a seal cavity. The seal body floats within the seal cavity. The seal face is located between the seal body and a first wall of the carriage assembly. The pressurization cavity is located along the seal face.
Claims20
A floating seal assembly for a turbine engine having a rotor and a stator, the floating seal assembly comprising:
- a carriage assembly having a wall, the carriage assembly carried by the stator, with the wall at least partially defining a seal seat with a seal cavity;
- a seal body floating within the seal cavity;
- a seal face located between the seal body and the wall;
- a fluid cavity located along the seal face;
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- an internal passage fluidly formed within the carriage assembly and having an outlet opening into the fluid cavity;
- wherein the floating seal assembly seals at least portions of the rotor and the stator relative to a higher-pressure area and a lower-pressure area of the turbine engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.