Internal stator shroud
US6679679B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/60
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The stator shroud is made up of components (2) juxtaposed so as to form circumferences, which are successive and assembled separately to a common housing which surrounds them. Characteristically, the assembly is made with only one single fixing point (7) per component (2), while being completed by a support point (21) sliding along the circumference. The result is a more flexible component assembly and a more even distortion, which allows better control of the clearances between the shroud and the rotor blades it surrounds.
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