Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Damping inserts and methods for shrouded turbine blades
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Application No.: US15397176Application Date: 2017-01-03
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Publication No.: US10648347B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Suryarghya Chakrabarti , Brian Potter , Andrew Grafitti , James Tyson Balkcum, III
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Philip S. Hof
- Main IPC: F01D5/22
- IPC: F01D5/22 ; F01D5/30 ; F01D5/10

Abstract:
A rotor assembly includes plural blades and damping inserts. The blades include a carrier shroud and a lid shroud extending from an airfoil of the respective blade in generally opposite directions. The carrier shrouds define pockets at distal ends thereof. The damping inserts are disposed in the pockets of the carrier shrouds of the blades and free-floating within the pockets. The damping inserts are configured to dampen vibrations of the blades during rotation of the blades and the rotor disk via engaging an interior surface within the corresponding pocket of the carrier shroud and engaging a distal end of the lid shroud of the neighboring blade. A contact force applied by each damping insert on the distal end of the lid shroud of the neighboring blade is based on a rotational speed of the blades and the rotor disk.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180230818A1 DAMPING INSERTS AND METHODS FOR SHROUDED TURBINE BLADES Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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