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Turbine engine compressor vanes

US7726937B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateSep 12, 2006
Grant dateJun 1, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2250/70
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas turbine engine rotor stack includes one or more longitudinally outwardly concave spacers. Outboard surfaces of the spacers may be in close facing proximity to inboard tips of vane airfoils. The airfoils have dihedral and sweep.

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