RTX Corporation
WOUND RETAINING WIRE

Abstract:

An assembly of a gas turbine engine includes a first component, a second component disposed radially outboard of the first component. The second component includes one or more flange segments circumferentially spaced apart by one or more flange openings. Each flange segment includes a groove extending radially outwardly from a radially inboard surface of each flange segment between the first component and the second component. A retaining wire extends along each groove and is located radially between the first component and the second component to axially retain the second component to the first component. A radial cross-sectional size of the retaining wire is greater than a radial gap between the radially inboard surface of the second component and the first component.