Christopher J Potter

US Patent:

20170138368, May 18, 2017

Filed:

Nov 18, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/944303

Inventors:

- Farmington CT, US
Christopher L. Potter - East Hampton CT, US
Michael Espinoza - Middletown CT, US
Eliannah Hunderfund - Hartford CT, US
Steven M. Modon - Portland CT, US

International Classification:

F04D 29/32
F02C 3/04
F04D 19/02

Abstract:

A rotating component for a turbine engine includes a main component portion including a web and a platform located at a radially outboard portion of the web, relative to an axis of rotation of the rotating component. A snap surface is located at the platform and is configured to interlock the rotating component with an adjacent rotating component. A transition surface extends from the main component portion to the snap surface and includes two or more different radii.

US Patent:

20160208613, Jul 21, 2016

Filed:

Jan 15, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/597553

Inventors:

- Hartford CT, US
Christopher L. Potter - East Hampton CT, US

International Classification:

F01D 5/06
F01D 11/12
F01D 9/04

Abstract:

A rotor disk includes a web that extends from a rim radially inward to a bore. A spacer is integral with and extending generally axially from the rim. The spacer includes a flow path surface adjacent to an end wall of the rim. An inner surface is spaced radially inwardly from the flow path surface and extends between first and second axial locations. A fillet interconnects the inner surface and the web. The inner surface is tangent to the fillet at the first axial location. The second axial location axially aligns beneath vanes and surrounded by the inner surface. The spacer has first and second radial thicknesses respectively disposed at the first and second axial locations. The first and second radial thicknesses are different than one another. The spacer is at least partially tapering axially between the first and second axial locations.