Patent ID: 6354803
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: F01D,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A turbine engine blade damper for damping vibrations of blades in a turbine engine, said blade damper comprising:an elongate body extending between a forward end and a rearward end opposite said forward end, the body being sized and shaped for receipt within a gap formed between adjacent platforms of the blades so that the body frictionally engages said adjacent platforms to dampen vibrations of said blades and to prevent air from passing through said gap during engine operation; and a retainer mounted on at least one of said forward end and said rearward end of the body, the retainer being sized and shaped for receipt within a recess formed in at least one of the adjacent blades to hold the body between the blades, said retainer being sized and shaped to prevent air from passing between the blades and the retainer during engine operation.