Patent 11994039 was granted and assigned to General Electric on May, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A gas turbine engine having a rotor blade stage with a plurality of circumferentially spaced rotors, a nozzle stage adjacent the rotor blade stage and including an outer nozzle end, at least one stop, and a shroud. The shroud having a forward end positioned radially outward from the circumferentially spaced rotor blades, and an aft end axially aft of the forward end. The at least one stop confronting at least a portion of the outer nozzle end.