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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Ryan Alan Waite, Glastonbury, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an engine component for a gas turbine engine is disclosed that includes an internal cavity and a baffle. The internal cavity is defined by the engine component, and the internal cavity is in fluid communication with a source of cooling air. The baffle is disposed within the internal cavity, and includes at least four longitudinal sidewalls that include at least two first sidewalls, one of which is upstream and one of which is downstream, and at least two second sidewalls, at least one of which faces towards a core flow path of the gas turbine engine. The baffle includes a plurality of openings for directing cooling air from within the baffle into the cavity. A majority of the openings are on at least one of the first sidewalls.