Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine rim seal with lip
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Application No.: US17370687Application Date: 2021-07-08
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Publication No.: US11668203B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Francis Gemme
- Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil
- Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP.
- Main IPC: F01D11/02
- IPC: F01D11/02 ; F01D11/00 ; F01D11/08

Abstract:
A turbine section has: a rotor rotatable about a central axis, the rotor having blades each protruding radially outwardly from a platform relative to the central axis; a stator having vanes each protruding radially outwardly from a shroud; a rim seal between the platform and the shroud, the rim seal having: an axial overlap between the platform and the shroud, and a lip protruding in a direction having a radial component relative to the central axis from one of the platform and the shroud toward the other of the platform and the shroud, the lip axially overlapping the other of the platform and the shroud, the lip having a radial height such that a radial gap remains between the lip and the other of the platform and the shroud when the turbine section is in operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230010337A1 TURBINE RIM SEAL WITH LIP Public/Granted day:2023-01-12
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