Patent ID: 8448450
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: F01D,F02C,F05D

Abstract:
1. A support assembly for a turbine system, the support assembly comprising: a transition duct extending between a fuel nozzle and a turbine section, the transition duct having an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet and defining a longitudinal axis, a radial axis, and a tangential axis, the outlet of the transition duct offset from the inlet along the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of protrusions extending from a head end of the transition duct, the plurality of protrusions configured to allow movement of the transition duct about at least one axis, each of the plurality of protrusions comprising at least one arcuate surface extending from a first end of the protrusion to a second end of the protrusion, the first end proximate the inlet relative to the second end, the second end distal from the inlet relative to the first end.