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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
San Quach, East Hartford, CT (US);
Steven Bruce Gautschi, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Matthew A. Devore, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Scott D. Lewis, Vernon, CT (US);
Matthew S. Gleiner, Norwalk, CT (US);
Christopher King, Bristol, CT (US);
Christopher Corcoran, Manchester, CT (US);
David Donald Chapdelaine, Ellington, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An airfoil for use in a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil having: a pressure surface and a suction surface each extending axially from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the airfoil, at least one of the pressure surface, the suction surface, the leading edge and the trailing edge terminating at an edge of a tip section of the airfoil; a plurality of internal cooling channels located within the airfoil; and at least one cooling hole in fluid communication with at least one of the plurality of internal cooling channels, wherein the at least one cooling hole is aligned with an opening or diffuser that extends directly from the at least one cooling hole and wherein the opening or diffuser is formed in and extends through the edge of the tip section of the airfoil.