Abstract: A turbine assembly having a turbine stator, a ceramic inner shroud, and a first spring. The stator has a longitudinal axis and an outer shroud block with opposing and longitudinally outward facing first and second sides. The first side has a longitudinally outward projecting first ledge and has a first side portion located radially outward of the first ledge. The ceramic inner shroud has a first hook portion longitudinally and radially surrounding the first ledge. The first spring is attached to one of the first side portion and the first hook portion and unattachedly and resiliently contacts the other of the first side portion and the first hook portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 27, 1999
Date of Patent:
September 5, 2000
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Bharat Sampathkumaran Bagepalli, Gregory Scot Corman, Anthony John Dean, Paul Stephen DiMascio, Massoud Mirdamadi