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  • Bearing assembly and method of assembling the same
    Patent number: 7883311
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided. The rotor assembly includes a compressor rotor, a compressor stator coupled upstream from the compressor rotor, and a bearing assembly coupled between the compressor rotor and the compressor stator for supporting the compressor rotor. The bearing assembly includes a pair of foil thrust bearings coupled to a portion of the compressor stator and a pair of spring packs coupled substantially co-axially to the pair of foil thrust bearings. A method of assembling the same is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Ory Moniz, Robert Joseph Orlando