Patent ID: 7762766
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: F01D,F05D

Abstract:
1. A support for supporting vanes radially within an inner casing in a turbine engine, the vanes located in a hot gas flow from a combustor, on an upstream side, to a turbine section, on a downstream side, the support comprising: a framework including an outer vane carrier rigidly supported to an upstream end of the inner casing of the turbine engine, and an inner vane carrier located radially inwardly from the outer vane carrier; a strut structure comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced struts rigidly attached to said outer vane carrier and extending radially inwardly from said outer vane carrier and rigidly connected to and supporting said inner vane carrier; said outer vane carrier including an outer support member for engaging and supporting a radially outer flange of one or more of said vanes at a downstream location from said strut structure; said inner vane carrier including an inner support member for engaging and supporting a radially inner flange of said one or more vanes; and wherein said inner vane carrier is supported in cantilevered relation to said outer vane carrier by said plurality of struts.