Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine engine with a rim seal between the rotor and stator
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Application No.: US15238233Application Date: 2016-08-16
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Publication No.: US10408075B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Ronald Scott Bunker
- 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: McGarry Bair PC
- Main IPC: F01D11/04
- IPC: F01D11/04 ; F01D11/00 ; F01D25/12
Abstract:
An apparatus relating to a rim seal for turbine engine comprising a wing and discourager extending into a cavity to form a labyrinth fluid path. The wing and discourager can each include a radial extension. Cooling air can pass through the rim seal along the labyrinth fluid path to resist the ingestion of hot gas from a mainstream flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180051580A1 TURBINE ENGINE WITH A RIM SEAL BETWEEN THE ROTOR AND STATOR Public/Granted day:2018-02-22
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