Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine exhaust frame and method of vane assembly
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Application No.: US14676246Application Date: 2015-04-01
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Publication No.: US09771828B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis , Martin Wayne Frash , Schuyler Javier Ortega , Angelo Parisi
- 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: General Electric Company
- Agent William Scott Andes
- Main IPC: F01D9/04
- IPC: F01D9/04 ; F01D25/24 ; F01D25/30 ; F01D25/16

Abstract:
A turbine frame for a turbine engine having an axial centerline, includes an inner hub, an outer hub encircling the inner hub, a plurality of struts extending between the inner and outer hubs, at least one vane segment comprising at least first and second fairings mounted to the inner and outer hubs and encircling one of the struts and a single piece outer retaining ring that is operably coupled to the vane segment to fix a radial position of the vane segment relative to the inner and outer retaining rings and methods of assembling at least one vane segment having at least one vane formed from a pair of fairings to an exhaust frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160290168A1 TURBINE EXHAUST FRAME AND METHOD OF VANE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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