Active seal

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1998-11-16

2000-11-07

Knight, Anthony

Seal for a joint or juncture

Seal between relatively movable parts

Relatively rotatable radially extending sealing face member

277410, 277919, F02C 712

Patent

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061424773

ABSTRACT:
A seal assembly includes a seal element having a plurality of movable seal segments and further includes a plurality of actuators, each associated with a respective one of the seal segments. Each of the seal segments has a coil that generates electrical energy in the presence of a varying magnetic field. Each of the actuators receives energy from the associated seal segments and in response thereto produces a force that causes the segment to move toward or away from a surface on an opposing seal member.
A method for fabricating a seal element for a gas turbine engine includes providing a wafer, forming seal segments on the wafer, dividing the wafer into a plurality of seal segments, and arranging at least two of the plurality of seal segments into a seal element.

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