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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas N. Slavens, Vernon, CT (US);
Brooks E. Snyder, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Andrew D. Burdick, Somers, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/303 (2013.01); F05D 2250/322 (2013.01); F05D 2260/2212 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01);
Abstract
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine, the airfoil includes a wall that has a leading edge and a trailing edge and at least partially defining a boundary of a leading edge cavity radially along the leading edge. A cooling jet structure is operatively associated with a portion of the wall proximate the leading edge and is configured to direct a cooling fluid tangent to the portion of the wall.