Patent ID: 7195453

Claim:
A stator blade segment for a compressor comprising an inner ring segment and an outer ring segment and a plurality of stator blades extending radially between said inner and outer ring segments, each stator blade secured to said outer ring at a shank portion of said blade and centrally located within a slot in said inner ring segment at a tip portion of said blade, said slot formed to substantially match a cross-sectional profile of said tip portion of said blade but sized to create a positive clearance between said tip portion and said slot for all operating conditions of the compressor, and wherein said inner ring segment is provided with a circumferentially centered radially oriented hole for securing the inner ring segment to a radially inner barrel, and a pair of spaced circumferentially elongated, radially oriented holes proximate opposite ends of said inner segment ring for producing radial constraint while permitting circumferential thermal growth.