F01D11/003

Ceramic runner seal assembly with compliant holder
11466584 · 2022-10-11 · ·

A seal assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a runner, a seal, and a compliant holder. The runner extends circumferentially about an axis and the compliant holder. The compliant holder engages the runner and is configured to support the runner radially relative to the axis. The seal extends circumferentially around the runner to block fluid flow through the seal assembly.

PISTON SEAL ASSEMBLY GUARDS AND INSERTS FOR SEAL GROOVE
20230143483 · 2023-05-11 · ·

A method of repairing a piston seal assembly comprises removing worn material from a piston seal groove to generate a worked seal groove, applying a groove buildup member to the worked seal groove, and disposing a seal member proximate the groove buildup member.

Seals and methods of making seals

A tribological and creep resistant system configured to operate at temperatures in excess of 700° C. A seal body extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge. A first component contact surface is adjacent the leading edge and a second component contact surface is adjacent the trailing edge. The seal body is formed from a high entropy alloy.

RADIAL SEAL AND ASSEMBLY
20170370474 · 2017-12-28 ·

A radial seal and radial seal assembly (10) are disclosed. An embodiment of seal assembly may include an inner rotating shaft (20) with inner rotating shaft fluid feed holes (22); a primary segmented seal (30); a secondary segmented seal (40); a tertiary seal (50) that may axially seal the primary and secondary segmented seals; and an outer housing (60) including a plurality of outer housing fluid feed holes (62). In embodiments, the assembly is configured so that, as the inner rotating shaft rotates, the inner rotating shaft fluid feed holes periodically come into fluid communication alignment with outer housing fluid feed holes.

DOUBLE BRUSH SEAL ASSEMBLY
20230203961 · 2023-06-29 ·

A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first side plate, a second side plate and a backing plate that extend circumferentially about an assembly axis. A first brush seal and a second brush seal are positioned on opposite sides of the backing plate such that the first brush seal is between the first side plate and the backing plate and such that the second brush seal is between the second side plate and the backing plate. The first brush seal is dimensioned to establish a first sealing relationship with a first gas turbine engine component. The second brush seal is dimensioned to establish a second sealing relationship with a second gas turbine engine component. A method of assembly is also disclosed.

IMPELLER SHROUD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME
20230203962 · 2023-06-29 ·

An impeller shroud assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an annular impeller shroud disposed about an axial centerline. The impeller shroud includes a shroud inducer portion and a shroud exducer portion disposed radially outward of the shroud inducer portion and extending to an outer radial end of the impeller shroud. The shroud inducer portion and the shroud exducer portion defining an impeller-facing surface of the impeller shroud. The impeller shroud has a pivot point defined between the shroud inducer portion and the shroud exducer portion. The impeller shroud assembly further includes a clearance control device connected to the shroud exducer portion of the impeller shroud proximate the outer radial end. The clearance control device is configured to pivot the shroud exducer portion of the impeller shroud about the pivot point between a first axial position and a second axial position.

Dual walled seal assembly

A seal assembly that may be for turbine engine includes a first wall defining in-part a first flowpath and a second wall defining in-part a second flowpath having a pressure that is greater than the first flowpath. The second wall has a plurality of metering apertures in fluid communication between the second flowpath and a cavity defined by and between the first and second walls. The walls may be convoluted and generally, resiliently compressed between two substantially opposing surfaces for providing a seal between the two flowpaths.

Circumferential seal assembly with adjustable seating forces
11686206 · 2023-06-27 · ·

A circumferential seal assembly for use between a higher pressure side and a lower pressure side is presented. The seal assembly includes a primary sealing ring, a second sealing ring, a third sealing ring, and an insert. The segmented primary sealing ring sealingly engages both a face sealing surface along a housing and a radial sealing surface along a rotatable element. The insert is disposed within and directly contacts the housing. The second sealing ring is adjacent to the primary sealing ring and sealingly engages both the primary sealing ring and the insert. The segmented third sealing ring contacts and sealingly engages the primary sealing ring opposite the housing. The insert, the second sealing ring, and the third sealing ring cooperate to form a first cavity adjacent to the second sealing ring and the third sealing ring. The primary sealing ring, the second sealing ring, the insert, and the housing cooperate to form a second cavity adjacent to the primary sealing ring. The insert and the second sealing ring separate the first cavity from the second cavity.

CARBON SEAL SPRING ASSEMBLY

A carbon seal assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The carbon seal assembly includes a first carbon seal. The carbon seal assembly also includes a first carbon seal spring configured to provide force against the first carbon seal in a first axial direction, the first carbon seal spring having an annular shape and circumferentially disposed around a first shaft of the gas turbine engine.

Gas turbine seal assembly and seal support

A gas turbine engine assembly includes a second module interconnected with a first module along a joint such that a surface of a second radial wall faces a surface of a first radial wall, with a cavity defined in part by the first and second radial walls. A seal assembly includes a finger seal, and a seal support ring having a backing ring portion and a flow discourager arm. The backing ring is secured to one of the first radial wall and the second radial wall, and the flow discourager arm extends axially through the cavity into a recess formed in the other of the first and second radial walls. The finger seal includes a free end contacting an inner side of the flow discourager arm.