Kelly S Spinosa

US Patent:

20100034639, Feb 11, 2010

Filed:

Dec 20, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/643495

Inventors:

Thomas O. Moniz - Loveland OH, US
Kelly Sue Spinosa - West Chester OH, US
Robert J. Orlando - West Chester OH, US
Philip Robert Viars - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

F01D 5/14
B21K 25/00

US Classification:

415115, 2988921

Abstract:

A gas turbine engine assembly is provided. The gas turbine engine assembly includes a high-pressure compressor including a first rotor and a second compressor rotor disposed downstream from the first rotor, a high-pressure turbine coupled downstream to the compressor by a first shaft, and an air directing assembly coupled between the first and second compressor rotors for selectively channeling airflow discharged from the first compressor rotor through the first shaft. A method of assembling a gas turbine engine is also provided.