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Rotor with improved balancing features

US9453413B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 2012
Grant dateSep 27, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49316
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine including a circumferential array of regularly spaced apart features provided on the disk which are each configured for receiving a balancing weight. The circumferential array of features has an angular orientation relative to the circumferential array of blades such that the features are each located at an at least substantially same offset angle from a stacking line of a respective adjacent blade.

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