Patent ID: 7908869

Claim:
A gas turbine engine having an case therearound, the case having a central axis defining an axial direction, the engine comprising: a compressor assembly and a turbine assembly rotationally mounted on a shaft, the turbine assembly being driven by hot gases discharged from a combustion chamber disposed between the compressor and turbine assemblies, the compressor having a centrifugal impeller for pressurizing and impelling air into the combustion chamber; and an impeller shroud covering the bladed portion of the centrifugal impeller, the impeller shroud having a support bracket mounted to the case of the engine for supporting the impeller shroud in the engine, the support bracket having a hairpin shape composed of inner and outer cylindrical annuluses joined by a curved profile annulus, the inner and outer annuluses extending parallel to the central axis, the support bracket further including a flange configured for mounting the support bracket to the engine case, the flange extending radially from the support bracket intermediate the outer cylindrical annulus and the curved profile annulus.