Patent ID: 7618234

Claim:
A compressor stator vane assembly comprising: a plurality of vanes, each vane having an airfoil and an attachment wherein the attachment has a first surface and a second surface spaced a distance from the first surface, extending between the first surface and the second surface is a pair of generally parallel sidewalls and a forward wall and an aft wall, with the forward and aft walls generally perpendicular to the plurality of sidewalls, the forward wall having a forward channel and the aft wall having an aft channel; a forward hook ring segment having a generally circumferential length and axially extending hook; and an aft hook ring segment having a generally circumferential length and axially extending hook; wherein the forward hook ring segment and aft hook ring segment are pressfit into the forward channel and aft channel of each vane attachment, respectively, so as to join the plurality of vanes together to form the vane assembly.