Hook nozzle arrangement for supporting airfoil vanes

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:870300

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

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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

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