Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bearing bumper for blade out events
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Application No.: US15988217Application Date: 2018-05-24
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Publication No.: US10577967B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Tomasz Maranski , Gregory Crum , Karol Filip Leszczynski , Daniel Ozga
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agent Charlotte C. Wilson; James W. Pemrick
- Priority: EP17461545 20170605
- Main IPC: F01D21/04
- IPC: F01D21/04 ; F02C7/06

Abstract:
This disclosure provides assemblies for providing a bumper between an exhaust frame and a bearing housing in a gas turbine. The bumper or bumpers have an attachment surface for attaching to the exhaust frame and a bearing contact surface that engages the bearing housing during a blade out event.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180347393A1 BEARING BUMPER FOR BLADE OUT EVENTS Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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