Mechanical support of a ceramic gas turbine vane ring

Patent · 27 July 2010

OSTI ID:1012764

Shi, Jun ^[1]; Green, Kevin E ^[2]; Mosher, Daniel A ^[1]; Holowczak, John E ^[3]; Reinhardt, Gregory E ^[4]

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1. Glastonbury, CT
2. Broad Brook, CT
3. South Windsor, CT
4. South Glastonbury, CT

An assembly for mounting a ceramic turbine vane ring onto a turbine support casing comprises a first metal clamping ring and a second metal clamping ring. The first metal clamping ring is configured to engage with a first side of a tab member of the ceramic turbine vane ring. The second metal clamping ring is configured to engage with a second side of the tab member such that the tab member is disposed between the first and second metal clamping rings.

• Research Organization: United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-00CH11060
• Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT)
• Patent Number(s): 7,762,768
• Application Number: 11/598,450
• OSTI ID: 1012764
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English