Is a
Patent attributes
Current Assignee
Patent Jurisdiction
Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Xinwen Xiao0
Gordon F. Jewess0
Shiv C. Gupta0
Venkata S. Bandaru0
Davin Hansen0
Date of Patent
May 20, 2014
Patent Application Number
12781510
Date Filed
May 17, 2010
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A blade retainer clip for retaining a foot of a turbine blade in a shoe of a turbine disc of a turbine wheel includes: a clip shank that fits into a mating slot in the blade foot; a protuberance along a central portion of the clip shank that fits into a mating recess along the mating slot in the blade foot; a clip heel on one end of the clip shank that engages a heel of the blade foot and a heel of the disc shoe that expands radially from at least opposite sides of the clip shank; and a clip toe that extends beyond a toe of the disc shoe that is deformable to contact at least the toe of the disc shoe.
Timeline
No Timeline data yet.
Further Resources
No Further Resources data yet.
