Patent ID: 11867068
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F  H

Claim 9:
10. The apparatus of claim 9, the apparatus further including a controller operatively coupled to the first actuator and the second actuator, the controller to supply an electrical current to the first multilayer stack of material and the second multilayer stack of material, the first multilayer stack of material and the second multilayer stack of material displaced in the axial direction by the electrical current, wherein the first actuator and second actuator control clearance between the blade and the at least one of the shroud or the hanger in a radial direction using the displacement of the first multilayer stack of material and the second multilayer stack of material, and wherein the first spring supports displacement of the first multilayer stack of material and the second spring supports the displacement the second multilayer stack of material.