Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Alternative W-seal groove arrangement
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Application No.: US15623208Application Date: 2017-06-14
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Publication No.: US10533446B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Daniel Barak , Joseph F. Englehart
- 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 LLP
- Main IPC: F01D11/14
- IPC: F01D11/14 ; F01D11/16 ; F01D11/08 ; F01D11/00 ; F16J15/08

Abstract:
A blade outer air seal (BOAS) assembly includes a rotor blade configured to rotate about an axis. The BOAS assembly also includes a BOAS positioned radially outward from the rotor blade and having a forward-facing BOAS face. The BOAS assembly also includes a shroud block positioned radially outward from the BOAS, having an aft-facing shroud face, and being configured to support the BOAS. The BOAS assembly also includes a first bellows seal extending from the forward-facing BOAS face to the aft-facing shroud face and configured to reduce fluid leakage radially between the BOAS and the shroud block.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180328214A1 ALTERNATIVE W-SEAL GROOVE ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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