18210347. METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR BLADE LOCKING (General Electric Company)

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR BLADE LOCKING

Organization Name

General Electric Company

Inventor(s)

Ravindra Shankar Ganiger of Bengaluru (IN)

Dharmaraj Pachaiappan of Bangalore (IN)

Nageswar Rao Ganji of Bengaluru (IN)

Arvind Namadevan of Bangalore (IN)

Jeffrey D. Carnes of Framingham MA (US)

Charles Eric Lavender of Mason OH (US)

Steven Mark Ballman of West Chester OH (US)

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR BLADE LOCKING

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18210347 titled 'METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR BLADE LOCKING

Original Abstract Submitted

A lock lug for inhibiting movement of a plurality of rotor blades includes a body and an engagement mechanism. The body is sized and configured to be received within the rim slot of the rotor disk and defines a dovetail receiving aperture. The engagement mechanism extends from the body and has a retracted configuration configured to allow entry and exit of a dovetail of at least one or more of the plurality of rotor blades into and out of the dovetail receiving aperture and an extended configuration configured to block the dovetail from entering the dovetail receiving aperture.