IP Library Granted Patent US 9,617,866
Granted Patent B2
US 9,617,866 · App. 13/559,901 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine

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Patent No.
US 9,617,866
App. No.
13/559,901
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blade outer air seal (BOAS) for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal body having a radially inner face and a radially outer face that axially extend between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion. The BOAS includes a trough disposed on the radially inner face and an abradable seal received within the trough. The trough is open to expose a leading edge of the abradable seal to a core flow path of the gas turbine engine.

Claims (4)

1. A gas turbine engine, comprising:

a casing;

a blade outer air seal (BOAS) attached to said casing and including a seal body including a radially inner face and a radially outer face that axially extend between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion, a trough at said radially inner face, and an abradable seal received within said trough, said trough configured to expose a leading-most edge of said abradable seal; and

a thermal barrier coating disposed on a first surface and a second surface of said casing, a portion of said first surface being axially and radially displaced from a portion of said second surface such that said thermal barrier coating of said first surface axially overlaps said thermal barrier coating of said second surface.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057186/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2015
From: ZOTZ, GEORG; HUMHAUSER, WERNER
To: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
Reel/Frame 035522/0993 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2012
From: LESLIE, NICHOLAS R.; MAALOUF, FADI S.
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028656/0275 →