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US 8,007,230 B2Granted
Turbine seal plate assembly
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorMatthew Troy Hafner
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Abstract
A seal plate assembly for use with a rotor wheel assembly of a turbine engine. The seal plate assembly may include a seal plate positioned about a rim of a rotor wheel. The seal plate may include a number of seal plate segments and a number of locking pins extending through the seal plate segments and into the rim of the rotor wheel.
Claims17
A seal plate assembly for use with a rotor wheel assembly, comprising
- a seal plate positioned about a rim of a rotor wheel;
- the seal plate comprising a plurality of seal plate segments;
- and
- a plurality of locking pins extending through the number of seal plate segments and into the rim of the rotor wheel wherein the rim comprises an axial protrusion and each one of the plurality of locking pins comprises a flange integrally formed as one piece and positioned within the axial protrusion.
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A method of sealing a rotor wheel assembly from hot combustion gases, comprising:
- positioning a plurality of seal plate segments about a rim of a rotor wheel;
- positioning a plurality of locking pins through the plurality of seal plate segments and into the rim of the rotor wheel wherein each of the locking pins comprise a flange integrally formed as one piece;
- and
- locking the plurality of seal plate segments into place about the rim of the rotor wheel by rotating the flanges of the plurality of locking pins into one or more axial protrusions in the rim of the rotor wheel.
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A rotor wheel assembly for use with a turbine engine, comprising:
- a turbine blade and a turbine vane;
- and
- a seal plate assembly secured to a rim of a rotor wheel about the turbine blade by a plurality of locking pins wherein each of the locking pins comprise a flange integrally formed as one piece;
- wherein the seal plate assembly comprises one or more wing seals extending towards the turbine vane wherein the rim comprises an axial protrusion and wherein each one of the plurality of locking pins comprises the flange positioned within the axial protrusion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.