IP Library Granted Patent US 7,241,111
Granted Patent B2
US 7,241,111 · App. 10/628,154 · Granted Jul 10, 2007

Contoured disk bore

Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,241,111
App. No.
10/628,154
Filed
Jul 28, 2003
Granted
Jul 10, 2007
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3745
USPC
415/218.1
Abstract

A turbine disk comprising a disk bore disposed about a centerline, the disk bore comprising a bore width, and a web extending radially away from the disk bore wherein the disk bore comprises in cross-section a contoured shape comprising a contour depth.

Claims (9)

1. A disk, comprising:

a disk bore disposed about a centerline, said disk bore having a bore width; and

said disk bore comprising a contoured shape having a contour depth, wherein said disk bore further comprises a ratio of said contour depth divided by said bore width of between 0.4 and 0.12.

2. The disk of claim 1 , wherein said contoured shape is a smooth curve.

3. The disk of claim 2 , wherein said smooth curve is a conic section.

4. The disk of claim 3 , wherein said smooth curve is semi circular.

5. The disk of claim 1 , wherein said contoured shape comprises a blend radius.

6. The disk of claim 1 , wherein said ratio is greater than 0.05.

7. The disk of claim 1 , wherein said contour depth and said bore width reduce a maximum hoop stress differential across said disk bore as compared to a disk bore having a contour depth equal to 0.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE AND REMOVE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11886281 AND ADD PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 14846874. TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054062 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055659/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054062/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2003
From: HARDING, BENJAMIN R.; CURTISS, DANIEL H.
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014346/0562 →
Continuity (1)
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