Hook nozzle arrangement for supporting airfoil vanes

Patent · 31 December 1995

OSTI ID:870300

Shaffer, James E ^[1]; Norton, Paul F ^[2]

---

1. Maitland, FL
2. San Diego, CA

A gas turbine engine's nozzle structure includes a nozzle support ring, a plurality of shroud segments, and a plurality of airfoil vanes. The plurality of shroud segments are distributed around the nozzle support ring. Each airfoil vane is connected to a corresponding shroud segment so that the airfoil vanes are also distributed around the nozzle support ring. Each shroud segment has a hook engaging the nozzle support ring so that the shroud segments and corresponding airfoil vanes are supported by the nozzle support ring. The nozzle support ring, the shroud segments, and the airfoil vanes may be ceramic.

• Research Organization: Solar Turbines Inc
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-92CE40960
• Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5492445
• OSTI ID: 870300
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

/415/
airfoil
airfoil vane
airfoil vanes
arrangement
ceramic
connected
corresponding
distributed
engaging
engine
gas
gas turbine
hook
nozzle
nozzle arrangement
nozzle support
plurality
segment
segments
shroud
shroud segment
shroud segments
structure
support
supported
supporting
turbine
turbine engine
vane
vanes