IP Library Granted Patent US 8,591,194
Granted Patent B2
US 8,591,194 · App. 13/566,382 · Granted Nov 26, 2013

Steam turbine rotor blade assembly

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Patent No.
US 8,591,194
App. No.
13/566,382
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a steam turbine rotor blade assembly including: an airfoil; a shroud provided at a tip of the airfoil; a blade root (dovetail) projecting toward a radially internal circumferential side of a turbine rotor and fitted to a root attachment provided on an outer circumferential portion of the turbine rotor; a platform provided between the airfoil and the blade root; a pin provided between the blade root and the root attachment; a bore formed between respective surfaces of the shrouds facing each other and included in the respective adjacent rotor blades; and a bar-like member provided in the bore.

Claims (12)

1. A turbine rotor blade assembly comprising:

an airfoil;

a shroud provided at a tip of the airfoil;

a blade root projecting toward a radially internal circumferential side of a turbine rotor and fitted to a root attachment provided on an outer circumferential portion of the turbine rotor;

a platform provided between the airfoil and the blade root;

a pin provided between the blade root and the root attachment;

a bore formed between respective surfaces of the platforms facing each other and included in the respective adjacent rotor blades; and

a bar-like member provided in the bore with a clearance formed between the bore and the bar-like member;

wherein a clearance between the bore and the bar-like member during assembly is made smaller than a difference of displacement in the radial direction between respective bores of the platform surfaces adjacent to each other, during rotation of a turbine.

2. The turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a seal fin is formed on a tip of the shroud.

3. The turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the clearance between the bore and the bar-like member is made equal to or greater than clearances between the pin and the blade root and between the pin and the root attachment.

4. The turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bore is not passed through in the axial direction of the turbine rotor.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 8, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033917/0209 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033003/0648 →