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A gas turbine engine rotor assembly

CA 2012243 C · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Bobo, Melvin; Anderson, Bernard Joseph

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A gas turbine engine rotor assembly has an inertial damper loosely surrounding a portion of the main rotor shaft. The damper is axially compressed between facing abutment surfaces provided on a nut and bevel gear. The damper has two axially spaced rows of circumferentially spaced slots, with the interrupting web portions of each row being circumferentially staggered with respect to one another. The damper is configured and dimensioned so that the axial force exerted by the damper on the nut and bevel gear, the polar moment of inertia of the damper and the, coefficient of friction between the damper end faces and the abutment surfaces, cooperate to effectively damp the excitation of the …

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  • Filed March 15, 1990 and granted January 25, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 15, 2010.
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FiledMarch 15, 1990
GrantedJanuary 25, 2000
Term endedMarch 15, 2010
Patent numberCA 2012243 C
Classification (IPC)F02C7/00 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 15, 1990Patent grantedJan 25, 2000Term endedMarch 15, 2010

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