US 12,372,002 B2
Seal support assembly for a turbine engine
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru (IN); Chandrashekhar Kandukuri, Bengaluru (IN); David Raju Yamarthi, Bengaluru (IN); Rajesh Kumar, Bengaluru (IN); and Tajinder Singh, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,322.
Prior Publication US 2024/0318567 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. F01D 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 11/001 (2013.01) [F01D 11/025 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01); F05D 2260/38 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turbine engine defining a circumferential direction, comprising:
a rotor;
a stator comprising a carrier;
a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly comprising a plurality of seal segments supported at least in part by the carrier, the plurality of seal segments having a first seal segment and a second seal segment, a first engagement assembly extending radially from the carrier to the first seal segment, and a second engagement assembly extending radially from the carrier to the second seal segment, wherein the first and second seal segments each having a seal face forming a fluid bearing with the rotor; and
a seal support assembly comprising a tangential spring extension disposed radially between the carrier and the first and second seal segments, wherein the tangential spring extension extends circumferentially between the first seal segment and the second seal segment for biasing the first seal segment away from the second seal segment in the circumferential direction.