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Title: Structural support bracket for gas flow path

Abstract

A structural support system is provided in a can annular gas turbine engine having an arrangement including a plurality of integrated exit pieces (IEPs) forming an annular chamber for delivering gases from a plurality of combustors to a first row of turbine blades. A bracket structure is connected between an IEP and an inner support structure on the engine. The bracket structure includes an axial bracket member attached to an IEP and extending axially in a forward direction. A transverse bracket member has an end attached to the inner support structure and extends circumferentially to a connection with a forward end of the axial bracket member. The transverse bracket member provides a fixed radial position for the forward end of the axial bracket member and is flexible in the axial direction to permit axial movement of the axial bracket member.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1280874
Patent Number(s):
9,404,421
Application Number:
14/161,798
Assignee:
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, FL)
DOE Contract Number:  
FC26-05NT42644
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Jan 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

. Structural support bracket for gas flow path. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
. Structural support bracket for gas flow path. United States.
. 2016. "Structural support bracket for gas flow path". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1280874.
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Static Seal Structure
patent, August 1973


Combustor bracket assembly
patent, March 2011


Transition with a linear flow path for use in a gas turbine engine
patent, February 2012


Modular transvane assembly
patent, July 2012


Assembly for directing combustion gas
patent, October 2012


Tangential Combustor
patent-application, October 2011