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Title: Gas turbine blade seal

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6211703

A gas turbine engine is described having a disk and a plurality of blades, each blade having a airfoil, a blade platform, a neck, and a root, the root of each blade secured in the disk, the platform of each blade being independent of the other; a seal arrangement comprising: a rigid damper disposed in an under blade zone and in contact with adjacent platforms; and a flexible seal located downstream of the rigid damper, the seal being clipped to the rigid damper and in contact with the adjacent platforms at a location downstream of the rigid damper.

Assignee:
United Technologies Corp., Hartford, CT (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5228835; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-981146
OSTI ID:
6211703
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 24 Nov 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English