Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Damper stacks for turbomachine rotor blades
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Application No.: US16708999Application Date: 2019-12-10
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Publication No.: US11187089B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: Michael Anthony Wondrasek , Brian Denver Potter , Robert Alan Brittingham
- 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: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F01D5/26
- IPC: F01D5/26 ; F01D5/22 ; F01D11/00 ; F01D5/16 ; F01D5/30

Abstract:
Damper stacks, rotor blades, and turbomachines are provided. A rotor blade includes a main body including a shank and an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the shank. The rotor blade further includes a damping passage defined in the main body, the damping passage extending radially through the main body. The rotor blade further includes a damper stack disposed within the damping passage, the damper stack including a plurality of damper pins, each of the plurality of damper pins in contact with a neighboring damper pin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210172325A1 DAMPER STACKS FOR TURBOMACHINE ROTOR BLADES Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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