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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172514 | Rim seal for a gas turbine engine The rim seal is positioned in an annular space between blades and a non-rotating adjacent structure in a gas turbine engine. The rim seal is connectable to the non-rotating structure and is made of an abradable material. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7686575 | Inner ring with independent thermal expansion for mounting gas turbine flow path components An inner mounting ring (20) for gas turbine flow path components such as shroud ring segments (24). The inner ring (20) may be mounted to an outer ring (22) on radially slidable mounts (26, 28) that maintain the two rings (20, 2... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7559740 | Protection device for a turbine stator Protection device for a stator of a turbine comprising a series of annular sectors (12) which can be coupled by connection means, each sector (12) comprising a first side surface (13) which has at least one cavity (14) equipped with a bot... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7524164 | Arrangement for the automatic running gap control on a two or multi-stage turbine On a two or multi-stage turbine, expansion rings are provided in all stages at the sides of the rotors for passive, continuous running gap control whose thermal expansion and contraction behavior corresponds to that of the rotors and which are connected to radially ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7494317 | Ring seal attachment system A system for attaching a ring seal to a vane carrier in a turbine engine can allow the ring seal to radially expand and contract at least partially independently of the vane carrier. The system can also be configured to substantially restrict axial and/or circumfere... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7422413 | Shroud tip clearance control ring The present invention is a shroud tip clearance control ring for use in a gas turbine engine in which a rotary blade and a shroud ring form a gap that forms a blade outer air seal, and where the shroud ring is formed of two shroud segment halves, each shroud segment... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7396203 | Spacer arrangement A spacer arrangement 1, 40 is provided in which wedges 5, 6; 45, 46 are arranged to have an interface 7, 47 between them such that a thermally variable member 8, 48 can cause relative motion between the wedges 5, 6; 45, 46 to adjus... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7329088 | Pilot relief to reduce strut effects at pilot interface A turbine section of an engine that includes a shaft, a plurality of blades extending radially relative to the shaft, a bearing assembly, a flowpath housing, and a shroud is provided. The bearing assembly is mounted to the shaft adjacent to the plurality of blades. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309209 | Device for tuning clearance in a gas turbine, while balancing air flows A device for tuning clearance at rotor blade tips in a gas turbine rotor, the device comprising at least one annular air flow duct that is mounted around the circumference of an annular casing of a stator of the turbine, the annular air flow duct being designed to d... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293957 | Vane platform rail configuration for reduced airfoil stress A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed having lower thermally induced stresses resulting in improved component durability. The stresses in the vane assembly airfoils are lowered by increasing the flexibility of the vane platform and reducing its resis... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7261514 | Sealing arrangement, in particular for the blade segments of gas turbines A sealing arrangement has two bodies with two end faces which extend along a longitudinal axis, adjoin one another while forming a gap, the width of which can vary between zero and a maximum width. The gap is covered by a sealing strip which lies transversely to the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258525 | Guide blade fixture in a flow channel of an aircraft gas turbine An arrangement for detachably fixing a guide blade segment that forms part of a transition channel of an aircraft gas turbine comprises high-pressure and low-pressure turbines. The arrangement has a groove-hook-type connection in the front area of the outer platform... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7238003 | Vane attachment arrangement A simplified vane mounting arrangement by which a vane ring can be pre-assembled to an inner support ring before being installed in an outer casing. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229061 | Device for fastening a turbocharger A device for fastening a turbocharger to a base, with a fastening foot (12) which is integrally formed in one piece on a gas outlet casing (10) of the turbocharger and which has long holes (16) spaced from one another and preferably arranged in ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229245 | Vane platform rail configuration for reduced airfoil stress A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed having lower thermally induced stresses resulting in improved component durability. The stresses in the vane assembly airfoils are lowered by increasing the flexibility of the vane platform and reducing their res... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210899 | Passive clearance control The clearance between the tips of the rotor blades and the segmented shroud of a gas turbine engine is controlled by a passive clearance control that includes a support ring made from a low thermal expansion material supporting a retainer for the blade outer air sea... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7192246 | Seal arrangement in a machine A seal arrangement, for example a brush seal 8′ in a gas turbine engine, includes thermal matching means for matching the rates of response of a supporting ring 14′, 16′ of the seal, and of a rotatable component 4 with which the seal coope... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189057 | Turbine shroud segment attachment A turbine shroud segment attachment with a casing (1) and several shroud segments (2) arranged in the casing (1), wherein the individual shroud segments (2) are located in the casing (1) with a circumferential clearance (3) ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186074 | Axial flow stream turbines A drum-type rotor carries an annular row of moving blades having root portions held within a slot in the periphery of the rotor. A turbine casing surrounds the rotor and carries a static blade assembly with an annular row of static blades which, together with the an... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165937 | Methods and apparatus for maintaining rotor assembly tip clearances A method enables a gas turbine engine to be assembled. The method comprises coupling a rotor assembly including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced rotor blades downstream from, and in flow communication with, a compressor, coupling a casing assembly circumferen... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160078 | Mechanical solution for rail retention of turbine nozzles A mechanical arrangement for protection against catastrophic nozzle failures includes a turbine nozzle segment including an inner platform rail, a turbine nozzle inner support ring in part in axial registration with the rail on one side, an inner retainer segment se... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131814 | Cooling arrangement A cooling arrangement (17) for supplying a first cavity (9) with a cooling gas, in particular in a gas turbine of a power plant, includes a cooling-gas passage (19) which is formed in a first component (6) and connects the first cavity ( | 11/07/2006 |
| 7052235 | Turbine engine shroud segment, hanger and assembly A turbine engine shroud segment comprises a body including an outer surface from and along which a segment projection extends away from and in an axial direction. The segment projection includes circumferentially spaced apart segment support surfaces. A shroud hange... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032903 | Brush-seal designs for turbines and similar rotary apparatus A seal segment for a turbine is provided having labyrinth teeth and a brush seal disposed along the labyrinth teeth. A plurality of the segments for a seal ring. The segments are separable from each other so that the seal can retract. Each segment has two ends, each... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7013652 | Gas turbo set A gas turbo set comprises a compressor, combustion chamber and turbine, a common rotor shaft having arranged on it, within the compressor, a plurality of rows of compressor moving blades and, within the turbine, a plurality of rows of turbine moving blades, which al... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008182 | Exhaust-gas-turbine casing The exhaust-gas turbine comprises a turbine wheel arranged on a shaft, a bearing casing for the bearing arrangement of the rotatable shaft, a gas-inlet casing supported on the bearing casing and concentrically surrounding the bearing casing in the supporting region,... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997673 | Gas turbine high temperature turbine blade outer air seal assembly A turbine shroud assembly includes forward and aft hangers, an axisymmetric plenum assembly, ceramic shroud segments, ceramic spacers, and forward and aft rope seals. The plenum assembly supplies impingement cooling to the shroud and the hangers. The impingement coo... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997677 | Method and apparatus for rotating machine main fit seal A method and apparatus for assembling a steam turbine is provided. The method includes performing a finite element analysis to determine a cross-section of a sealing member, positioning the sealing member in a leakage path defined between an inner casing and an oute... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6964554 | Drop-in nozzle block for steam turbine A drop-in nozzle block (40) formed in two 180° segments (52) that can be simply lowered into position within the nozzle chamber casing of a steam turbine (42). An entire 180° segment can be lowered into position because an inner arcuate portio... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945046 | Turbine casing for an exhaust turbocharger made by casting The invention concerns a casing aggregate for the turbine of an exhaust turbocharger. The invention is identified by the following characteristics: a spiral casing adapted for surround the running wheel of the turbine; ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942452 | Grommeted bypass duct penetration A bypass duct sealing grommet, for sealing between an opening in a gas turbine engine bypass duct wall and the external surface of a projection extending through the opening, where the grommet has an annular body with a central aperture having an interior periphery ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6913441 | Turbine blade ring assembly and clocking method Aspects of the invention relate to a method for clocking a row of stationary airfoils relative to an adjacent row of airfoils, and a turbine blade ring configured for use in such a method. The method according to aspects of the invention is advantageous because it c... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910853 | Structures for attaching or sealing a space between components having different coefficients or rates of thermal expansion A structure for attaching together or sealing a space between a first component and a second component that have different rates or amounts of dimensional change upon being exposed to temperatures other than ambient temperature. The structure comprises a first attac... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6896482 | Expanding sealing strips for steam turbines A turbine includes, in an exemplary embodiment, an outer housing, a turbine shaft rotatably supported in the outer housing, and a plurality of turbine stages located along the turbine shaft. Each turbine stage includes a diaphragm attached to the casing, a rotor hav... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6890147 | Easy-fit heat screening device for connecting a cooling pipe and a through-hole formed in a nozzle support ring of a gas turbine An easy-fit heat screening device (110) for connecting a cooling pipe (112) and a through-hole (114) formed in a nozzle support ring (116) of a gas turbine, of the type comprising a tubular structure (118) which has an external dia... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6877952 | Passive clearance control The clearance between the tips of the rotor blades and the segmented shroud of a gas turbine engine is controlled by a passive clearance control that includes a support ring made from a low thermal expansion material supporting a retainer for the blade outer air sea... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6857848 | Gap seal in a gas turbine A gap seal in a gas turbine for sealing off a cooling space, formed between a heat shield and a heat shield carrier, from a hot gas space of the gas turbine. A sealing body is retained in a movable manner on the heat shield, on the one hand, and on a blade carrier, ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6752591 | Suspension A suspension of an annular secondary structure on a primary structure, in the form of a spoke-type centering device, has at least three sliding guides distributed uniformly over the structure circumference. Each sliding guide allows at least a linear relative moveme... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6733233 | Attachment of a ceramic shroud in a metal housing A shroud assembly for a turbine portion of a gas turbine engine, the shroud assembly comprising an annular ceramic shroud ring, a plurality of arcuate shroud support segments, and a plurality of inwardly biased resilient members. The annular ceramic shroud ring is c... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6506021 | Cooling system for a gas turbine A plurality of arcuate circumferentially spaced supply and return manifold segments are arranged on the rim of a rotor for respectively receiving and distributing cooling steam through exit ports for distribution to first and second-stage buckets and rece... | 01/14/2003 |
