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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Sandip Dutta, Greenville, SC (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Joseph Anthony Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Peter Galen Stevens, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine nozzle includes an airfoil that extends in span from an inner band to an outer band where the inner band and the outer band define outer flow boundaries of the turbine nozzle. The inner band includes a gas side surface that is at least partially covered by one or more inner plates. The inner band also includes a plurality of cooling channels formed within the gas side surface beneath the one or more inner plates. The outer band includes a gas side surface that is at least partially covered by one or more outer plates. The outer band comprises a plurality of cooling channels formed within the gas side surface beneath the one or more outer plates.