Compressor comprising a stator vane assembly having an inner ring and a seal carrier secured thereto with a clamping element

US9624833B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MTU Aero Engines AG · DE

Inventors

• Juergen Kraus · Dachau, DE
• Felix Kern · Unterschleißheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01D11/001
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A compressor having a stator vane assembly having an inner ring and a seal carrier secured thereto, the seal carrier having two opposite seal carrier end faces and the inner ring having two inner ring end faces which face said seal carrier end faces and are received between said seal carrier end faces with an axial gap therebetween, at least one clamping element bearing axially with a first clamping element end face against the inner ring and with a second clamping element end face against the seal carrier and being axially resiliently clamped between the inner ring and the seal carrier. A compressor with a clamping element for radial clamping is also provided.