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Balance weight

US8322991B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 10, 2009
Grant dateDec 4, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/662
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A balance weight adapted to be assembled to a nose cone assembly of a turbine engine for improving a balance of the nose cone assembly is disclosed herein. The balance weight is one-piece and formed from a plurality of different materials including at least first and second materials. The first and second materials are arranged substantially heterogeneously relative to one another such that said first and second materials are separate from one another and fixed together.

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