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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Brad Wilson VanTassel, Easley, SC (US);
James Ryan Connor, Greenville, SC (US);
Bryan David Lewis, Mauldin, SC (US);
Adebukola Oluwaseun Benson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/08 (2006.01); F01D 11/24 (2006.01); B23P 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/082 (2013.01); B23P 15/02 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F01D 11/24 (2013.01); F05D 2240/11 (2013.01); F05D 2240/81 (2013.01); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49341 (2015.01);
Abstract
Platform cooling arrangements in a turbine rotor blade include a feedhole that extends from the suction side slash face to the interior cooling passage, and, one or more branch holes that each extends from the feedhole to the suction side slash face such that coolant flows from the interior cooling passage, through the feedhole to the one or more branch holes and exits the platform along the suction side slash face.