Patent ID: 7438520

Claim:
A shroud assembly for a gas turbine engine having a temperature at a hot operating condition substantially greater than at a cold assembly condition thereof, said shroud assembly comprising: at least one arcuate shroud segment adapted to surround a row of rotating turbine blades, said shroud segment having an arcuate, axially extending mounting flange; a shroud hanger having an arcuate, axially-extending hook disposed in contact with said mounting flange and defining a partial circumferential mating relationship between said hook and said flange; and an arcuate C-clip having inner and outer arms overlapping said mounting flange and said hook and defining, an inner interface between the inner arm and said flange and an outer interface between the outer arm and said hook; wherein curvatures of said mounting flange and said inner arm of said C-clip are substantially greater than a curvature of said hook, and said C-clip is positioned such that the inner interface, outer interface, and at least a portion of the mating relationship are generally radially aligned.