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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
John McBrien, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Thomas N. Slavens, Vernon, CT (US);
Clifford J. Musto, West Hartford, CT (US);
Timothy J. Jennings, South Windsor, CT (US);
Nicholas M. LoRicco, Coventry, CT (US);
Sasha M. Moore, East Hartford, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine component is described. The component includes a component wall having an internal surface that is adjacent a flow of coolant and an external surface that is adjacent a flow of gas. The component wall includes a cooling hole that has an inlet defined by the internal surface and an outlet defined by the external surface. The cooling holes also has a metering location having the smallest cross-section area of the cooling hole, an internal diffuser positioned between the inlet and the metering location, an accumulation diverter portion of the internal diffuser and an accumulator portion of the internal diffuser.