Patent ID: 9353635
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: F01D,F02C,F16J,F23R

Claim Text:
1. A seal end attachment, comprising: a vessel through which a working fluid flows, the vessel being formed to define an angular G-shaped recess with a radial flange having opposing innermost and outermost axial faces, a mating surface therein, a shoulder surface opposite the mating surface and a radial sidewall opposite the innermost axial face of the radial flange; a seal contacting the mating surface; and a pressing member being more responsive to a high temperature condition associated with the flow of the working fluid than the vessel and being disposed within the angular G-shaped recess to press the seal against the mating surface responsive to the high temperature condition being present, the pressing member having an uncompressed shape that is similar to a shape of a region delimited by the mating surface, the shoulder surface, the radial sidewall and the innermost axial face of the radial flange and comprising opposing innermost and outermost axial faces and, with the pressing member disposed within the angular G-shaped recess, the outermost axial face of the pressing member is aligned with or recessed from the innermost axial face of the radial flange.