Patent ID: 8070429

Claim:
A nozzle assembly for a turbine, the nozzle assembly comprising: an airfoil having an outer sidewall; an outer ring mechanically coupled to the outer sidewall at an interface; a mechanical axial stop at the interface of the outer sidewall and the outer ring, the mechanical axial stop configured to maintain the airfoil in a correct axial position; and a mechanical radial stop at the interface of the outer sidewall and the outer ring, the mechanical radial stop configured to maintain the airfoil in a correct radial position, one of the outer sidewall and the outer ring including a protruding hook that extends into a corresponding hook recess in the other of the outer ring and the outer sidewall, wherein a first side of the interface is mechanically coupled together via the protruding hook and the corresponding hook recess, and a second side of the interface includes a welded connection.