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Title:
TURBINE BUCKET INCLUDING INTEGRAL ROTATION CONTROLLING FEATURE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014040829
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a turbine bucket including an integral rotation controlling feature.

In one embodiment, a turbine bucket comprises: a blade section having an inner radial end and an outer radial end; an integral cover section connected to the outer radial end of the blade section; and a base section for engaging a rotor body, the base section connected to the inner radial end. The base section comprises: a central body; a set of tongues extending axially from the central body; a set of flanges radially inboard of the set of tongues and extending axially from the central body; and an integral rotation controlling feature extending from the central body, where the rotation controlling feature engages a radial opening in the rotor body. The integral rotation controlling feature is sized to limit rotation of the base section when the turbine bucket is engaged with the rotor body.


Inventors:
HOWES JAMES ROYCE
BOWEN MARK KEVIN
BRACKEN ROBERT J
LAURENCE SCOTT DUCLOS
IRWIN SCOTT LEROY
NICHOLAS ANDREW TISENCHEK
Application Number:
JP2013171105A
Publication Date:
March 06, 2014
Filing Date:
August 21, 2013
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
GEN ELECTRIC
International Classes:
F01D5/30; F01D5/02; F01D5/16; F01D25/06
Domestic Patent References:
JPH07119402A1995-05-09
JPS4628052B1
JPH10196307A1998-07-28
JPS58167807A1983-10-04
JP2001200702A2001-07-27
Foreign References:
WO2007063848A12007-06-07
US20050074335A12005-04-07
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Arakawa Satoshi
Hirokazu Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa
Takuto Tanaka