F01D11/003

CLEARANCE-CONTROL-TYPE SEAL STRUCTURE

A clearance-control-type seal structure including a plurality of arc-shaped grooves (23) formed side by side in the axial direction with respect to an inner circumferential surface of a housing (22) of a turbine; and abradable seal rings (11, 12) having fitting parts (11a, 12a) that are fitted into the grooves so as to leave a prescribed gap, that have extended parts (11b, 12b) that are exposed from the housing in the radial direction toward the inside and expand in the axial direction, and that, during operation, due to back pressure inside the grooves, receive a force that moves in the radial direction toward the inside. One extended part has a protruding part extending even further in the axial direction toward the upstream side, and the other extended part has formed in an outer circumferential surface of a downstream-side end part thereof a recessed part that corresponds to the protruding part.

Device for masking a turbomachine rotor

A device for masking the inner periphery of a disc of a turbine engine generally includes a lower element, an upper element, and an elastic annular seal. The lower element, the upper element, and the elastic annular seal are coaxial, the elastic annular seal arranged longitudinally between the lower element and the upper element. The seal generally includes a lower annular part bearing radially and internally against the lower element, and an upper annular part bearing radially and internally against the upper element. The lower part and the upper part are connected to one another by an annular central part forming a return element. The elastic annular seal is configured to bear longitudinally, radially, and externally against each longitudinal end of said inner periphery of the disc to mask said inner periphery, and a clamping system capable of clamping the seal between the lower element and the upper element.

Bearing housing with slip joint
11492926 · 2022-11-08 · ·

A bearing housing for a gas turbine engine has first and second housing members axially telescoped into each other at a slip joint. The first and second housing members extend circumferentially around a central axis for circumscribing a bearing cavity. The first housing member has a first bearing support for supporting a first bearing in the bearing cavity. The second housing member has a second bearing support for supporting a second bearing in the same bearing cavity. A seal is provided at the slip joint for sealing the bearing cavity.

Intershaft Seal with Asymmetric Sealing Ring
20170314407 · 2017-11-02 ·

An intershaft seal assembly for use between an inner shaft and an outer shaft rotatable within a turbine engine is presented. The seal assembly includes a sealing ring, an inner ring, and a pair of end rings. The sealing ring further includes a plurality of asymmetric ring segments whereby each asymmetric ring segment further includes a vertical flange and a pair of horizontal flanges extending from the vertical flange in a non-symmetric arrangement. The non-symmetric seal geometry provides an axial force balance thereby reducing wear and increasing seal life. The sealing ring is disposed about the inner ring. The inner ring includes a plurality of ridges that engage the asymmetric ring segments so as to prevent rotation of the asymmetric ring segments with respect to the inner shaft. The end rings are disposed about the sealing ring and the inner ring. The horizontal flanges separately contact the end rings so that the vertical flange extends from and between the end rings in the direction of the outer shaft. A non-contact seal is formed between an outer sealing surface along the vertical flange and an inner sealing surface along the outer shaft.

Seal assembly
11486411 · 2022-11-01 · ·

A seal assembly for use in a turbomachine, the seal assembly comprising an oil seal plate; a rotatable component which defines a central axis and is received in a central aperture of the oil seal plate; and an annular seal which comprises a base and a sealing portion, the base being held by the rotatable component; wherein the sealing portion is configured to form a seal with the oil seal plate when the rotatable component and annular seal are rotating below a predetermined rotational speed; and wherein the sealing portion is configured to move radially outwards with respect to the central axis such that the sealing portion loses contact with the oil seal plate when the rotatable component and annular seal are rotating above the predetermined rotational speed.

SEAL FOR A GAP BETWEEN AN OUTER AND AN INNER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE
20170306778 · 2017-10-26 ·

A seal for a gap between an outer and an inner cylindrical surface, coaxial with a central axis in common and arranged to rotate reciprocally, the seal comprises a plurality of plate elements stacked onto one another to define a ring between the outer and inner cylindrical surfaces, wherein each plate has a concave and a convex side, the convex side of each plate element being adjacent to the concave side of the next plate element.

Seal Assembly For A Turbomachine
20170307019 · 2017-10-26 ·

A seal assembly for a bearing housing is provided. The seal assembly may include a rotor seal member configured to be in sealing engagement with a rotary shaft. The seal assembly may also include a stator seal member formed from a plurality of stator seal member segments and configured to be in sealing engagement with the bearing housing. The stator seal member may also include an annular stator outer surface configured to be disposed on an inner surface of the bearing housing in sealing engagement therewith, and an annular stator inner surface radially opposing the annular stator outer surface and forming a first stator inner annular groove configured to receive the rotor seal member therein and form a sealing engagement therewith.

MAIN SEAL ASSEMBLY

Technologies are described herein for a seal assembly for an engine, the seal having a circular carbon graphite mating surface and a circular carrier mating surface. A planar face of the circular carrier mating surface includes a circular bevel, which may be configured to receive a removable ringed insert. When inserted into the circular bevel, the ringed insert mates with a planar face of the circular carbon graphite mating surface. The carbon graphite mating surface, the circular carrier mating surface, and the circular of the carrier mating surface are aligned to have a common central axis along an engine shaft.

Radially coacting ring seal

A ring seal apparatus for high temperature sealing includes a first ring including a pair of radial faces and a second ring including a second pair of radial faces, the second ring adapted to coact with the first ring. The first and second rings together define a pair of coacting mating faces. The mating faces are obliquely angled relative to the radial faces, such that each of the coacting mating faces is adapted to seal an interface of the two rings at an angle relative to their substantially parallel radial faces. The pair of coacting rings is adapted to seal a circumferential gap between a pair of components.

SEAL RING FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES
20170335704 · 2017-11-23 ·

An annular ring for sealing a flow includes an inner ring and a tab. The tab extends radially and is configured to restrict axial movement of the seal.