Patent ID: 8840374
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: F01D,F05D

Abstract:
1. An adaptor assembly for coupling a blade root of a turbine blade to a root slot of a rotor disk, the adaptor assembly comprising: a turbine blade comprising a blade root; and an adaptor body comprising an adaptor root, the adaptor body defining a slot having an open end configured to receive the blade root of the turbine blade such that the adaptor root of the adaptor body and the blade root of the turbine blade are adjacent to one another when the blade root of the turbine blade is positioned within the slot; and wherein the adaptor root of the adaptor body and the blade root of the turbine blade are each configured to be received within the root slot of the rotor disk and are each configured to mate and make contact with the root slot of the rotor disc.