Vane sector spring
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorJan C. Schilling
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Abstract
A seating spring is provided for a compressor stator having a radially outer casing with a circumferential casing slot for mounting a plurality of circumferentially adjoining vane sectors at outer bands thereof. The seating spring includes a reaction tab configured to abut the casing at one side of the casing slot. A resilient spring arm is fixedly joined to the reaction tab and is configured to abut a respective one of the outer bands to in-turn bias the one outer band against the casing at an opposite side of the casing slot.
Claims12
For a gas turbine engine compressor stator including a radially outer casing with a circumferential casing slot for mounting a plurality of circumferentially adjoining vane sectors at outer bands thereof, a seating spring comprising:
- a reaction tab configured to abut said casing at one side of said casing slot;
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- a resilient spring arm fixedly joined to said reaction tab and configured to abut a respective one of said outer bands to in-turn bias said one outer band against said casing at an opposite side of said casing slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.