公开(公告)号：US11746678B1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US17977062

申请日：2022-10-31

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Sandra Beverly Kolvick ,  Thomas Alan Mogle, II ,  Eric Lynn Strunk ,  William Thomas Ordean

IPC: F01D25/28

CPC classification number: F01D25/285 ,  F05D2230/64 ,  F05D2230/68 ,  F05D2230/70 ,  F05D2250/75 ,  F05D2260/31

Abstract: An apparatus configured to support a diffuser segment during removal from and installation into an assembly. The apparatus includes a body having two or more supports and at least two clamp rods. The clamp rods each extend from a first end to a second end. The body defines a pocket extending between the supports on a first side of the clamp rods. An end clamp releasably mates with the second end of each clamp rod. The end clamp has a foot extending into the first side of the clamp rod. A wheel is received within each support. The pocket and the foot of each end clamp releasably retain a diffuser segment and the wheels rotate to allow the diffuser segment to be removed without damaging a surface coating of the diffuser segment.