Patent ID: 8281602
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: F01D,F05D,F23R

Abstract:
1. A support assembly for positioning a transition segment to a combustor of a turbine engine, the combustor defining circumferential, axial and radial directions, the support assembly comprising: at least one pair of flanges mounted to the transition segment; and a support for mounting relative to the turbine engine, the support comprising at least one pair of arms mated together by an interlocking connection forming part of an elongated section of said support, the interlocking connection configured so as to fix the axial position of the at least one pair of arms relative to one another while allowing the at least one pair of arms to move along the radial and circumferential directions, the at least one pair of arms each extending along the radial direction, the at least one pair of arms terminating into a pair of fingers that extend along the axial direction and that are received by said flanges.