Patent ID: 6450769
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: F01D,F05D,Y10S

Abstract:
A blade assembly comprising:a rotor and a plurality of blades which are installed on the circumference of the rotor, said blades extending in a radial direction and each having a blade platform, a shank and a root; and at least one damping element, said at least one damping element being arranged between respectively adjacent blades, and being frictionally connected during rotation of the rotor to at least a first region of a first of the respectively adjacent blades and a second region of a second of the respectively adjacent blades, wherein the first region is located in the upper third of a region of the first blade which extends from the blade platform to the rotor, and the second region is located in the lower third of a region of the second blade which extends from the blade platform to the rotor.