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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
William Scott Zemitis, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Richard Ryan Pilson, Greer, SC (US);
Melbourne James Myers, Woodruff, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/20 (2006.01); F01D 5/22 (2006.01); F01D 11/08 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/20 (2013.01); F01D 11/08 (2013.01); F01D 25/24 (2013.01); F01D 5/225 (2013.01); F05B 2240/11 (2013.01); F05D 2240/81 (2013.01); F05D 2260/20 (2013.01); F05D 2260/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine blade includes an airfoil that extends from a root end to a tip end, and a tip shroud extending from the tip end. The tip shroud includes a shroud plate that includes a pressure side edge. The pressure side edge includes a primary contact surface configured to couple against an adjacent tip shroud, and a notch extending at least partially downstream from the primary contact surface.