CPC F01D 9/042 (2013.01) [F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F01D 25/246 (2013.01); F02C 9/22 (2013.01); F05D 2230/64 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
1. A stator vane assembly of a gas turbine engine, comprising:
a stator shroud having a plurality of shroud openings formed therein, the stator shroud defining a flowpath surface;
a plurality of stator vanes, one stator vane of the plurality of stator vanes installed in each shroud opening of the stator shroud;
a volume of potting material disposed in the plurality of shroud openings to retain the stator vanes thereat; and
two retainers disposed on each stator vane of the plurality of stator vanes at a back surface of the stator shroud opposite the flowpath surface to restrict circumferential movement of the plurality of stator vanes relative to the stator shroud;
wherein each retainer includes:
a first retainer leg extending in a vane spanwise direction through a shroud opening of the plurality of shroud openings at a first side of the stator vane;
a second retainer leg extending in the vane spanwise direction through the shroud opening at a second side of the stator vane opposite the first side; and a cap connecting the first retainer leg to the second retainer leg;
each of the first retainer leg and the second retainer leg including a rectangular leg extension extending circumferentially into a respective recess in the flowpath surface.
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