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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5399066 | Integral clearance control impingement manifold and environmental shield Clearance control is provided by a shaped, integral environmental shield and circumferentially segmented cooling manifold. Each manifold has impingement rails located radially outside selected components of the stator casing. Cooling air is directed onto ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5343694 | Turbine nozzle support A gas turbine nozzle includes a plurality of nozzle segments having a pair of nozzle vanes supported by inner and outer shroud segments. Each inner shroud segment includes a circumferential retention slot and a radial retention slot in generally circumfer... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5131813 | Turbine blade outer end attachment structure A gas turbine engine having an outer annular turbine rotor, which is counterrotatable relative to an inner annular turbine rotor, includes attachment structure for attaching turbine blades in circumferential rows to the outer rotor. The attachment structu... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5102295 | Thrust force-compensating apparatus with improved hydraulic pressure-responsive balance mechanism An axial thrust force-compensating apparatus is provided in a gas turbine engine having relatively rotatable first and second structures. The axial thrust force-compensating apparatus includes a first annular part mounted to the first engine structure and... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5100291 | Impingement manifold Clearance control is provided by circumferentially segmented cooling manifolds having spray bars located radially outside selected components of the stator casing. Cooling air is directed onto stator components and returns immediately through circuitous p... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5098133 | Tube coupling with swivelable piston A coupling for joining first and second channels in fluid communication includes a tubular housing having a first section including a wear surface, and a second section for being removably joined in fluid communication with the second channel. A first fit... | 03/24/1992 |
