Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monolithic superstructure for load path optimization
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Application No.: US15352253Application Date: 2016-11-15
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Publication No.: US11174786B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: Joshua Tyler Mook , John Alan Manteiga , Christopher Williams
- 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: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: F02C7/06
- IPC: F02C7/06 ; F01D25/16 ; F01D25/24 ; F02C7/20 ; F02C3/14 ; F02C7/18 ; F04D29/053 ; F04D29/056 ; F04D29/32 ; F04D29/54

Abstract:
The present disclosure generally relates to monolithic superstructures for supporting a rotating shaft coupled to a rotor relative to a stator. An integral superstructure supports the rotating component. The superstructure includes a bearing portion that contacts the shaft. A stator portion, is spaced a critical dimension radially outward, from the rotor. A first annular transfer portion extends axially forward from the bearing to the stator portion. A second annular transfer portion extends axially aft from the stator portion to a mounting flange. The mounting flange connects the superstructure to a frame. The superstructure maintains a critical dimension between the rotor and the stator as the temperature of the superstructure increases. The rotor may be a compressor impeller in a gas turbine engine and the stator may be an aero component that transfers air into a combustor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180135517A1 MONOLITHIC SUPERSTRUCTURE FOR LOAD PATH OPTIMIZATION Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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