Frederick W Tegarden

53203070, Jun 14, 1994

Mar 25, 1992

7/857136

Hahn M. Spofford - West Chester OH
Thomas G. Wakeman - Lawrenceburg IN
Donald L. Bellia - West Chester OH
Thomas P. Joseph - West Chester OH
Gregg H. Wilson - Cincinnati OH
James E. Cencula - Middletown OH
Frederick W. Tegarden - Glendale OH
Michael H. Schneider - Loveland OH

General Electric Company - Cincinnati OH

F02C 720

244 54

An aircraft engine thrust mount includes a pair of spaced apart thrust links pivotally joined at one end to an engine first frame and at opposite ends to a lever. A platform is fixedly joined to an aircraft pylon and includes first and second spaced apart clevises and a center clevis therebetween. The center clevis is pivotally joined to a center of the lever for carrying thrust force from the first frame through both thrust links and to the platform and pylon during normal operation. A pair of pins pivotally join the thrust links to the lever and extend through apertures in the platform first and second clevises to define predetermined gaps therebetween for allowing the lever to rotate relative to the platform center clevis up to a predetermined angular rotation. In a failure mode of operation the pins contact the platform first and second clevises for transmitting thereto either tension or compression thrust loads for providing an alternate failsafe loadpath. In a preferred embodiment, the platform further includes an aft mount joined to an engine second frame spaced aft of the engine first frame.

52678288, Dec 7, 1993

Nov 13, 1992

7/976235

Kenneth J. Lenhart - Cincinnati OH
Brett R. Chouinard - Springdale OH
Frederick W. Tegarden - Glendale OH

General Electric Company - Cincinnati OH

F01D 2500

415 9

A shroud panel is removably joinable inwardly of a fan casing and outwardly of a fan blade in a turbofan gas turbine engine. The panel includes an arcuate backing plate having a plurality of screws disposed therethrough for mounting the panel to the casing. Each of the screws includes a locking ring joined to the shank thereof and spaced from the screw head for allowing limited translation of the screw through the panel while preventing its liberation therefrom.

53990668, Mar 21, 1995

Sep 30, 1993

8/129936

Julie A. Ritchie - Cincinnati OH
Joseph H. Schleue - Cincinnati OH
Jeffrey Glover - Cincinnati OH
Frederick W. Tegarden - Glendale OH

General Electric Company - Cincinnati OH

F01D 902

415115

Clearance control is provided by a shaped, integral environmental shield and circumferentially segmented cooling manifold. Each manifold has impingement rails located radially outside selected components of the stator casing. Cooling air is directed onto stator components and returns immediately through circuitous paths to improve uniformity of cooling. The structure incorporates the environmental shield into a two piece bonded structure to facilitate construction and assembly.

42894476, Sep 15, 1981

Oct 12, 1979

6/084244

Albert P. Sterman - Cincinnati OH
Charles H. Gay - Loveland OH
Frederick W. Tegarden - Cincinnati OH
Dean T. Lenahan - Cincinnati OH
Martin C. Hemsworth - Cincinnati OH

General Electric Company - Cincinnati OH

F01D 2524
B32B 300

415200

A turbine shroud includes a ceramic sealing layer secured to a metal substrate. In one form, the metal substrate includes a plurality of pegs extending therefrom. Intermediate bonding layers are disposed on the peg-metal substrate structure. A ceramic sealing layer of zirconium oxide with about 20 weight percentage magnesium oxide is disposed, e. g. , plasma sprayed, on the intermediate bonding layers. The ceramic sealing layer includes an ordered pattern of very fine cracks therein which reduce the thermal stress in the ceramic sealing layer. A method of constructing a turbine shroud structure is also disclosed.