Patent 7836596 was granted and assigned to United Technologies on November, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A rotor stack is assembled to a turbine engine shaft. A force is exerted to at least one of the rotor stack and the shaft to at least one of place the shaft under tension and place the rotor stack under compression. One or more retainer segments are inserted into a rebate in the shaft. The exerted force is released to permit the rotor stack to bear against the retainer segments.