US 12,359,622 B2
Vane support system
Jon E. Sobanski, Glastonbury, CT (US); and Howard J. Liles, Newington, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/844,596.
Prior Publication US 2021/0317786 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. F02C 7/20 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/20 (2013.01) [F01D 9/042 (2013.01); F01D 25/246 (2013.01); F05D 2240/11 (2013.01); F05D 2240/80 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas turbine engine support system comprising:
a support arc segment piece defining a first radial side and a second radial side, an axially forward side that is forward-facing and an axially aft side that is aft-facing, and a first circumferential mate face side and a second circumferential mate face side, the first radial side having a radially open socket configured to engage a mating component and transmit loads from the mating component, the radially open socket being elongated in an axial direction with respect to the axially forward side and the axially aft side and the radially open socket defining a length along which the radially open socket is curved, the support arc segment piece having a radial reaction surface and an axial reaction surface configured, respectively, to transmit radial and axial components of the loads from the mating component.