Patents Examined by Mark Sgantozos
  • Patent number: 5333992
    Abstract: A coolable outer air seal assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. Various construction details are developed which provide an outer air seal assembly comprised of a plurality of seal segments including bumpers adapted to maintain adequate cooling fluid flow through the clearance gap between adjacent seal segments. In one particular embodiment, each seal segment includes a mating surface having a plurality of bumpers disposed adjacent to cooling fluid channel outlets and an axially extending ridge disposed along the radially outer edge of the mating surface. The bumpers extend circumferentially a distance H.sub.b to maintain a minimum opening G.sub.min between adjacent seal segments and extend a radial distance W.sub.b to restrict fluid from flowing axially through the clearance gap. The ridge extends radially outward to define in part a seal edge for engaging a feather seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel E. Kane, Donald E. Haddad