Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotor with feather seals
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Application No.: US17938736Application Date: 2022-10-07
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Publication No.: US12078069B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Marc Tardif , Alexandre Seguin , Sylvain Vignola
- 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: F01D11/00
- IPC: F01D11/00 ; F01D5/30 ; F01D5/22

Abstract:
A rotor assembly has: blades having airfoils and roots protruding from platform segments; a rotor disc having a peripheral face defining recesses, and slots, a recess located between two adjacent ones of the slots and bounded by a step; feather seals located radially between the peripheral face and the platform segments, a feather seal having a core extending from a trailing end to a leading end and overlapping a gap defined between two platform segments and tabs protruding from the core, the tabs including: trailing tabs positioned axially outside the recess; and leading tabs, a leading tab extending from a root to a tip and having one or more of: the tip axially positioned outside of the recess; and a fillet at an intersection between the tip and an edge of the leading tab, the edge extending between the tip and the core, and facing the step.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240117748A1 ROTOR WITH FEATHER SEALS Public/Granted day:2024-04-11
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