Patent 8096746 was granted and assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada on January, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising a number of radial loading elements disposed between lugs of the vane ring and the vane support, such as to generate a radial load force against the vane ring. The radial load force prevents unwanted relative movement between the vane ring and the vane support during operation of the gas turbine engine.