Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Skirted seal apparatus
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Application No.: US17361479Application Date: 2021-06-29
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Publication No.: US11674447B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: James Shealy , Donald M. Corsmeier
- 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: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP
- Main IPC: F02C7/28
- IPC: F02C7/28 ; F16J15/06

Abstract:
Apparatuses are provided herein useful to sealing a gap between a movable flap and a stationary structure, such as a gap between a gas turbine engine nozzle flap and a corresponding sidewall. An apparatus for sealing such a gap may be a dynamic skirted leaf seal which may include a flap arm, a wall arm opposite the flap arm, and a support arm disposed between the flap and wall arms. A distal end portion of the flap arm may comprise a first skirt and a distal end portion of the support arm may comprise a second skirt that engages the first skirt. When positioned in a gap, the skirted leaf seal may exert a force to urge the first flap arm towards the flap and to urge the wall arm and the support arm towards the structure to seal the gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220412266A1 SKIRTED SEAL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-12-29
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