# US 9,518,474 B2 · Continuous ring composite turbine shroud > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,518,474 B2 - Document ID: US9518474B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/220,434 - Filed: 2014-03-20 - Published: 2014-07-24 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-30 - Assignees: General Electric Company - Applicants: General Electric Company - Inventors: Jason David Shapiro; Jared Peter Buhler; Brian Kenneth Corsetti - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9518474B2 ## CPC - F01D 11/08: for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator (specially-shaped blade tips therefor F01D5/20) - F01D 9/04: forming ring or sector - F01D 11/18: using stator or rotor components with predetermined thermal response, e.g. selective insulation, thermal inertia, differential expansion - F01D 25/246: {Fastening of diaphragms or stator-rings} - F05D 2300/603: Composites; e.g. fibre-reinforced - Y02T 50/60: Efficient propulsion technologies, e.g. for aircraft - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A composite annular shroud supported by a support assembly including at least one ring and at least partially disposed within the ring. The shroud is biased against and in sealing engagement with an inner flange of the ring. A three ring assembly includes the inner ring disposed radially inwardly of a middle ring disposed radially inwardly of an outer ring and the shroud at least partially disposed within the inner ring. At least three clocking pins extend radially inwardly from the middle ring through slots in the inner ring into notches in the shroud. The middle ring may be an aft end of a support ring fixedly connected to an engine backbone. Mounting pins may be press fitted into pin holes in the middle ring and extend radially outwardly from the middle ring through radial holes in the outer ring. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly comprising: an annular shroud supported by a shroud support assembly including at least one ring, the shroud being at least partially disposed within the at least one ring, and an axial biasing means for axially biasing the shroud against and in sealing engagement with an annular inwardly extending inner flange of the at least one ring. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: concentric inner, middle, and outer rings, the at least one ring being the inner ring and disposed radially inwardly of the middle ring, and the middle ring disposed radially inwardly of the outer ring. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 2, further comprising at least three clocking pins extending radially inwardly from the middle ring through axially extending slots in the inner ring and into axially extending notches in the shroud. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the axial biasing means is an M-seal or a bellows seal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 4, further comprising the middle ring being integral with and forming an aft end of a turbine shroud support ring and the turbine shroud support ring fixedly connected to and supported by an engine backbone. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 5, further comprising: the engine backbone including at least a portion of a combustor casing and a turbine casing, a turbine shroud support ring flange at a forward end of the turbine shroud support ring, and the turbine shroud support ring flange axially disposed between and bolted to a downstream combustor casing flange of the combustor casing and an upstream turbine casing flange of the turbine casing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 6, further comprising: an annular outwardly extending outer flange of the inner ring axially disposed and trapped between an aft facing end surface of the middle ring and an annular inwardly extending end flange of the outer ring at an outer ring aft end of the outer ring, mounting pins press fitted into pin holes in the middle ring and extending radially outwardly from the middle ring through radial holes in the outer ring, and the M-seal or the bellows seal being disposed between the shroud and an annular stator element fixedly connected to the turbine shroud support ring. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 2, further comprising the concentric inner, middle, and outer rings being inner, middle, and outer metallic rings and the shroud being a composite shroud. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 8, further comprising at least three clocking pins extending radially inwardly from the middle ring through axially extending slots in the inner ring and into axially extending notches in the shroud. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the axial biasing means is an M-seal or a bellows seal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the middle ring being integral with and forming an aft end of a turbine shroud support ring and the turbine shroud support ring fixedly connected to and supported by an engine backbone. ### Claim 12 The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly comprising: an annular shroud supported by a shroud support assembly including metallic and concentric combination and middle rings, the combination ring including annular inner and outer ring portions and a central ring portion, the middle ring disposed radially inwardly of the outer ring portion, the shroud at least partially disposed within the inner ring portion, and an axial biasing means for axially biasing the shroud against and in sealing engagement with an annular inwardly extending inner flange of the combination ring. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 12, further comprising at least three clocking pins extending radially inwardly from the middle ring into axially extending notches in the shroud. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein the axial biasing means is an M-seal or a bellows seal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The gas turbine engine turbine shroud assembly as claimed in claim 14, further comprising: the middle ring being integral with and forming an aft end of a turbine shroud support ring and the turbine shroud support ring fixedly connected to and supported by an engine backbone, mounting pins press fitted into pin holes in the middle ring and extending radially outwardly from the middle ring through radial holes in the outer ring portion, and the M-seal or the bellows seal being disposed between the shroud and an annular stator element fixedly connected to the turbine shroud support ring. ### Claim 16 A gas turbine engine hot section comprising: a combustor upstream of a high pressure turbine, the high pressure turbine includes an annular rotatable high pressure turbine rotor, a row of high pressure turbine blades extending radially outwardly from the high pressure turbine rotor, a shroud assembly including a composite annular shroud circumscribing the turbine blades, the shroud supported by a shroud support assembly including at least one ring, the shroud being at least partially disposed within the at least one ring, and an axial biasing means for axially biasing the shroud against and in sealing engagement with an annular inwardly extending inner flange of the at least one ring. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The gas turbine engine hot section as claimed in claim 16, further comprising: concentric metallic inner, middle, and outer rings, the at least one ring being the inner ring and disposed radially inwardly of the middle ring, the middle ring disposed radially inwardly of the outer ring, the shroud at least partially disposed within the inner ring, and at least three clocking pins extending radially inwardly from the middle ring through axially extending slots in the inner ring into axially extending notches in the shroud. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The gas turbine engine hot section as claimed in claim 17, wherein the axial biasing means is an M-seal or a bellows seal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The gas turbine engine hot section as claimed in claim 18, further comprising the middle ring being integral with and forming an aft end of a turbine shroud support ring and the turbine shroud support ring fixedly connected to and supported by an engine backbone. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The gas turbine engine hot section as claimed in claim 19, further comprising: the engine backbone including at least a portion of a combustor casing and a turbine casing, a turbine shroud support ring flange at a forward end of the turbine shroud support ring, and the turbine shroud support ring flange axially disposed between and bolted to a downstream combustor casing flange of the combustor casing and an upstream turbine casing flange of the turbine casing. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The gas turbine engine hot section as claimed in claim 20, further comprising an annular outwardly extending outer flange of the inner ring axially disposed and trapped between an aft facing end surface of the middle ring and an annular inwardly extending end flange of the outer ring at an outer ring aft end of the outer ring. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The gas turbine engine hot section as claimed in claim 21, further comprising mounting pins press fitted into pin holes in the middle ring and extending radially outwardly from the middle ring through radial holes in the outer ring. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The gas turbine engine hot section as claimed in claim 22, further comprising the M-seal or the bellows seal being disposed between the shroud and an annular stator element fixedly connected to the turbine shroud support ring.