Full hoop blade track with flanged segments

US10550709B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. · US
• Rolls-Royce Corporation · US
• ROLLS-ROYCE plc
• Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Daniel K. Vetters · Indianapolis, US
• Aaron D. Sippel · Zionsville, US
• David J. Thomas · Brownsburg, US
• Andrew J. Eifert · Indianapolis, US
• Paul A. Davis · Bristol, GB
• Simon Lloyd Jones · Bristol, GB
• Steven Hillier · Manchester, GB
• Peter Broadhead · Derby, GB
• Joseph Doyle · Hazelwood, US
• Michael Jacquinto · Long Beach, US
• Wesley Thibault · Santa Monica, US
• Jun Shi · Carmel, US
• Roderick M. Townes · Derby, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/60
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A blade track assembly is disclosed. The blade track assembly comprises a plurality of ceramic matrix composite blade track segments arranged circumferentially adjacent to one another around a central axis. Each of the blade track segments includes an arcuate runner extending in a circumferential direction around a portion of the central axis and is coupled to circumferentially adjacent blade track segments.