US 12,000,289 B2
Seal assemblies for turbine engines and related methods
Antonio Guijarro Valencia, Munich (DE); Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Munich (DE); Rahul Anil Bidkar, Clifton Park, NY (US); Scott Alan Schimmels, Miamisburg, OH (US); and Tran Quang Tue Nguyen, Bremen (DE)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US); and General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH, Frankfurt (DE)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US); and General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH, Frankfurt (DE)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,380.
Prior Publication US 2023/0287797 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. F01D 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 11/16 (2013.01) [F05D 2240/58 (2013.01); F05D 2260/608 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal assembly for a turbine engine, the seal assembly, comprising:
one or more seal segments, the one or more seal segments respectively comprising:
a seal housing defining a seal chamber and one or more fluid supply apertures that pass through the seal housing; and
a seal body comprising a seal face and one or more fluid conduits that pass through the seal body to the seal face;
wherein the seal chamber receives at least a portion of the seal body, and wherein the seal body is movable within the seal chamber along a radial axis of a rotor of the turbine engine when the seal assembly is installed in the turbine engine; and
wherein the one or more fluid supply apertures fluidly communicate with the one or more fluid conduits, and wherein the one or more fluid conduits are configured to fluidly communicate with a fluid-bearing gap defined between the seal face and a rotor face of the rotor when the seal assembly is installed in the turbine engine.