Patent ID: 8740573
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
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: an adaptor body including a forward face, a retaining wall and first and second sides extending between said forward face and said retaining wall, said adaptor body further including a root configured to be received within the root slot and defining a slot between said first and second sides that extends from said forward face to said retaining wall, said slot having an open end at said forward face configured to receive the blade root, said adaptor body further defining a channel extending both forward and aft of said forward face of said adaptor body; and a plate including an outwardly extending foot, said foot being configured to be received within said channel to extend both forward and aft of said forward face, wherein said plate covers at least a portion of said open end when said foot is received within said channel.