IP Library Granted Patent US 11,125,096
Granted Patent B2
US 11,125,096 · App. 16/402,595 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

CMC boas arrangement

Inventors: Thomas E. Clark (Sanford, ME); William M. Barker (North Andover, MA)
Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
F01D11/08F01D25/24F05D2240/14F05D2240/55F05D2240/56F05D2300/6033
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Patent No.
US 11,125,096
App. No.
16/402,595
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blade outer air seal assembly includes a blade outer air seal that has a plurality of seal segments that extend circumferentially about an axis and mounted in a support structure via a carrier. Each of the seal segments has a base portion that extends between a first circumferential side and a second circumferential side and from a first axial side to a second axial side. A first and second hook extend along the base portion in an axial direction. The first and second hooks are engaged with the carrier. The carrier has a wall forward or aft of the first and second hooks and extends radially inward of the first and second hooks.

Claims (24)

1. A blade outer air seal assembly, comprising:

a blade outer air seal having a plurality of seal segments extending circumferentially about an axis and mounted in a support structure via a carrier; and

wherein each of the seal segments has a base portion extending between a first circumferential side and a second circumferential side and from a first axial side to a second axial side, wherein a first and second hook extend along the base portion in an axial direction, the first and second hooks extend a hook distance in the axial direction, each base portion extends axially forward of the first and second hooks a forward distance and axially aft of the first and second hooks an aft distance, the forward and aft distances smaller than the hook distance, the first and second hooks engaged with the carrier, and wherein the carrier has a wall forward or aft of the first and second hooks and extending radially inward of the first and second hooks, wherein a radial brush seal is arranged at a leading edge of the blade outer air seal, and the wall is arranged between the radial brush seal and the first and second hooks.

2. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 1 , wherein the wall extends circumferentially between the first and second hooks.

3. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first circumferential side of each seal segment has a protrusion or a groove configured to mate with the second circumferential side of an adjacent seal segment.

4. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 3 , wherein each first circumferential side has a protrusion and each second circumferential side has a groove.

5. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 3 , wherein a rope seal is arranged between each of the plurality of seal segments.

6. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 3 , wherein a first edge of each first circumferential side and a second edge of each second circumferential side are angled relative to the radial direction.

7. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 6 , wherein the first and second edges have an angle between about 5° and 45°.

8. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 1 , wherein a second radial brush seal is arranged at a trailing edge of the blade outer air seal.

9. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 1 , wherein the wall is forward of the first and second hooks.

10. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 1 , wherein the carrier includes first and second carrier hooks engaged with the first and second hooks.

11. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 10 , wherein the first and second carrier hooks extend in the axial direction for at least 90% of the hook distance and the first and second carrier hooks join the wall.

12. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 1 , wherein the carrier comprises a plurality of carrier segments arranged circumferentially about the axis.

13. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 12 , wherein there are fewer carrier segments than seal segments.

14. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 1 , wherein the carrier is a metallic material.

15. The blade outer air seal assembly of claim 1 , wherein the blade outer air seal is a ceramic material.

16. A turbine section for a gas turbine engine, comprising:

a turbine blade extending radially outwardly to a radially outer tip and for rotation about an axis of rotation;

a blade outer air seal having a plurality of segments mounted in a support structure via a carrier, the plurality of segments arranged circumferentially about the axis of rotation and radially outward of the outer tip;

at least one seal segment having a base portion extending between a first circumferential side and a second circumferential side and from a first axial side to a second axial side, a first hook extending from the base portion and circumferentially spaced from a second hook, the first and second hooks extending along an axial length of the base portion, wherein the first circumferential side has one of a protrusion and a groove, the first circumferential side configured to mate with the second circumferential side of an adjacent seal segment; and

wherein the carrier has a circumferential wall that extends radially inward of the first and second hooks.

17. The turbine section of claim 16 , wherein the carrier is a metallic material.

18. The turbine section of claim 17 , wherein the blade outer air seal is a ceramic material.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING ON THE ADDRESS 10 FARM SPRINGD ROAD FARMINGTONCONNECTICUT 06032 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 057190 FRAME 0719. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE ADDRESS 10 FARM SPRINGS ROAD FARMINGTON CONNECTICUT 06032. Recorded Aug 19, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057226/0390 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057197/0382 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057190/0719 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2019
From: CLARK, THOMAS E.; BARKER, WILLIAM M.
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049072/0801 →
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