IP Library Granted Patent US 8,747,066
Granted Patent B2
US 8,747,066 · App. 12/919,818 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Gas turbine housing component

Inventors: Linda Ström (Trollhättan, SE); Jonas Lindskog (Svabnesund, SE); Per Widström (Grästorpäg, SE)
Assignee: Volvo Aero Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,747,066
App. No.
12/919,818
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine housing component includes a wall structure including two adjacent wall parts and a connection arrangement arranged between adjacent edges of the two wall parts. The connection arrangement includes an elongated seal strip positioned along the wall part edges and bridging the distance between the wall part edges.

Claims (17)

1. A gas turbine housing component, comprising a wall structure, wherein the wall structure comprises two adjacent wall parts and a connection arrangement arranged between adjacent edges of the two wall parts, wherein the connection arrangement comprises an elongated seal strip positioned along the wall part edges and bridging the distance between the wall part edges, wherein the connection arrangement comprises a support means, which is connected to the seal strip and adapted to hold the seal strip in the position along the wall part edges, and that the seal strip and the support means contact the wall parts on opposite sides thereof, wherein the seal strip comprises a first portion bridging the distance between the wall part edges on a first side of the wall parts and a second portion projecting from the first portion between the wall part edges, and the support means comprises at least one through hole, and that part of the second portion of the seal strip extends through the hole and is adapted to hold the seal strip in the position along the wall part edges, and wherein the e second portion of the seal strip comprises at least two fingers, which act on the support means on opposite sides of the through hole.

2. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the support means comprises at least one elongated support strip.

3. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 2 , wherein the seal strip and the support strip are interconnected so that a gap between the wall parts is enclosed.

4. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the support means forms a flexible element.

5. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the support means and the seal strip are connected in such a manner that the seal strip is pressed against both wall parts.

6. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the seal strip acts on a radially inner side of the wall parts.

7. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the second portion extends substantially perpendicularly in relation to a transverse direction of the first portion.

8. A gas turbine housing, component according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion is designed to follow the contour of the wall parts.

9. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the support means comprises at least one elongated support strip, and the support strip comprises a plurality of through holes spaced in a longitudinal direction of the support strip.

10. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the two wall parts are arranged flush with each other.

11. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the wall part edges extend in a circumferential direction of the component.

12. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the wall part edges extend in an axial direction of the component.

13. A gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the wail parts are adapted to define a gas flow channel.

14. A as turbine housing component according to claim 1 , wherein the component comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced struts and that at least one of the struts is joined to at least one of the wall parts.

15. A as turbine engine wherein it comprises a gas turbine housing component according to claim 1 .

16. A gas turbine engine according to claim 15 , wherein the gas turbine housing component is positioned between two turbine stages.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 18, 2016
From: VOLVO AERO AKTIEBOLAG
To: GKN AEROSPACE SWEDEN AB
Reel/Frame 040650/0826 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2010
From: STROM, LINDA; LINDSKOG, JONAS; WIDSTROM, PER
To: VOLVO AERO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024897/0078 →
Continuity (1)
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