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US 7,731,482 B2Granted
Bucket vibration damper system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBenjamin Arnette Lagrange, Randall Richard Good, Gary Charles Liotta, Jon Robert DeLong, Matthew Durham Collier, James William Vehr, Anthony Aaron Chiurato
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Abstract
A damping system for a turbine bucket. The damping system includes a damper pocket with a variable tangential depth and a damper pin positional within the damper pocket.
Claims10
A damping system for a turbine bucket, comprising:
- an airfoil;
- a damper pocket positioned about the airfoil;
- the damper pocket extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge;
- the damper pocket comprising a variable tangential depth in a direction perpendicular to a length of the airfoil that is greatest at the leading edge and the trailing edge and least about the high C point of the airfoil;
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- a damper pin positioned within the damper pocket.
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