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US 4,784,572 AGranted
Circumferentially bonded rotor
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsRudolph J. Novotny, Larry D. Hamner
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Abstract
A rotor has an inner disk member including a web and a circumferential widened outer portion. A blade member has a continuous circumferential inner edge. At least one of the members has a plurality of axially spaced circumferential rings extending toward the other member. The two members are diffusion bonded together. A stiff lightweight assembly is achieved.
Claims6
A circumferentially bonded rotor comprising:
- a disk member having a radially extending web, and an outer portion wider than said web;
- a blade member including a continuous circumferential inner edge and a plurality of integral outwardly extending blades;
- at least one of said members having a plurality of axially spaced circumferential radially extending rings, the axial extent of said plurality of rings substantially exceeding the width of said web;
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- said blade member surrounding said disk member and said rings extending toward and abuttingly diffusion bonded to the other member.
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