Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Finned seal assembly for gas turbine engines
- Patent Title (中): 燃气涡轮发动机的翅片密封组件
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Application No.: US13534060Application Date: 2012-06-27
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Publication No.: US09121298B2Publication Date: 2015-09-01
- Inventor: Ching-Pang Lee , Kok-Mun Tham , John M. Owen , Gary D. Lock , Carl M. Sangan , Vincent P. Laurello
- Applicant: Ching-Pang Lee , Kok-Mun Tham , John M. Owen , Gary D. Lock , Carl M. Sangan , Vincent P. Laurello
- Applicant Address: DE München
- Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Current Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Current Assignee Address: DE München
- Main IPC: F04D11/00
- IPC: F04D11/00 ; F01D11/00

Abstract:
A seal assembly provided between a hot gas path and a disc cavity in a turbine engine includes an annular outer wing member extending from an axially facing side of a rotor structure toward an adjacent non-rotating vane assembly, and a plurality of fins extending radially inwardly from the outer wing member and extending toward the adjacent non-rotating vane assembly. The fins are arranged such that a space having a component in a circumferential direction is defined between adjacent fins. Rotation of the fins during operation of the engine effects a pumping of purge air from the disc cavity toward the hot gas path to assist in limiting hot working gas leakage from the hot gas path to the disc cavity by forcing the hot working gas away from the seal assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140003919A1 FINNED SEAL ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES Public/Granted day:2014-01-02
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