Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for limiting movement of a retainer ring of a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US14616144Application Date: 2015-02-06
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Publication No.: US10215099B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Peter Milligan
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Main IPC: F01D25/24
- IPC: F01D25/24 ; F02C7/28 ; F01D11/02 ; F02C3/00 ; F16J15/44 ; F01D9/04 ; F01D11/08

Abstract:
A method of installing a retaining ring assembly in a turbine case is provided. The method may include installing a blade outer air seal into a case before installation of a retaining ring assembly. The method may further include installing a key system on a retaining ring to create the retaining ring assembly. The method may also include installing the retaining ring assembly in a case. The method may further include rotating the retaining ring assembly in the case until key system is aligned with a case slot. The method may also include tightening the key system to the retaining ring and cause key system to engage the case slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160230673A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING MOVEMENT OF A RETAINING RING Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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