Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Margin bucket dovetail radial support feature for axial entry buckets
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Application No.: US15281562Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US10465537B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Steven Sebastian Burdgick , John Ligos , Thomas Joseph Farineau
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Main IPC: F01D5/32
- IPC: F01D5/32

Abstract:
The present application provides a steam turbine. The steam turbine may include a number of rotor wheel slots, a number of buckets positioned in the rotor wheel slots, and a radial support assembly positioned between each of the buckets and each of the rotor wheel slots. The radial support assembly may include one or springs and one or more shims.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170342845A1 Margin Bucket Dovetail Radial Support Feature for Axial Entry Buckets Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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