Patent ID: 8043044

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a load pin having an end portion; a vane having a base with a cutout in the base, wherein the end portion of the load pin engages a wall portion of the cutout in the base of the vane, thereby inhibiting any movement of the vane in a particular direction; and a circumferential casing, wherein a plurality of the vanes are disposed adjacent an inner periphery of the casing, wherein a plurality of the load pins are disposed through a wall of the casing at periodic radial locations, and wherein the end portion of each of the plurality of the load pins engages the wall portion of the cutout in the base of the corresponding vane at each periodic radial location of the load pins to lock the corresponding vane in position and prevent any movement of the corresponding locked vane and any movement of other ones of the vanes disposed next to the locked vane along the inner periphery of the casing in a particular direction until the next locked vane is encountered.