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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Ky H. Vu, East Hartford, CT (US);
Brandon W. Spangler, Vernon, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F23R 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/186 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F23R 3/04 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01); F05D 2260/2214 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A component for use in a gas turbine engine comprises a body and a micro-core cooling circuit embedded within the body. The micro-core circuit has a variation in either the thickness or contoured surface, away from a generally planar shape to a non-planar shape.