Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotor blade root spacer with grip element
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Application No.: US14761841Application Date: 2013-01-17
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Publication No.: US10508556B2Publication Date: 2019-12-17
- Inventor: Lee Drozdenko , James H. Moffitt
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: O'Shea Getz P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2013/021935 WO 20130117
- International Announcement: WO2014/113009 WO 20140724
- Main IPC: F01D5/32
- IPC: F01D5/32 ; F01D5/30 ; F01D25/28 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D5/12 ; B25B7/02 ; B25B7/08 ; F01D15/12

Abstract:
An assembly includes a rotor disk, a rotor blade and a root spacer. The rotor disk includes a slot that extends longitudinally into the rotor disk. The rotor blade includes a blade root arranged within the slot. The root spacer is arranged with the slot between the rotor disk and the blade root. The root spacer extends longitudinally to a spacer end, and includes a grip element and a plurality of notches. The grip element is arranged at the spacer end laterally between the notches. The grip element at least partially defines the notches. The notches extend radially and longitudinally into the root spacer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150361805A1 ROTOR BLADE ROOT SPACER WITH GRIP ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2015-12-17
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