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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Tyler Walton Kasperski, Greenville, SC (US);
Mark Andrew Jones, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
Jason Adam Neville, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); B22C 9/10 (2006.01); B22C 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 9/10 (2013.01); B22C 9/24 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F05D 2240/304 (2013.01); F05D 2240/305 (2013.01); F05D 2240/306 (2013.01); F05D 2250/18 (2013.01); F05D 2260/2212 (2013.01); F05D 2260/2214 (2013.01); F05D 2260/22141 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49337 (2015.01);
Abstract
A turbine blade includes pressure and suction surfaces connected to define an interior through which coolant is passable. First and second pedestal arrays, each include pedestals respectively coupled to radially outboard portions of respective interior faces of one of the pressure and suction surfaces. The pedestals of the first pedestal array are separated from and directly opposed to pedestals of the second pedestal array by gaps respectively defined therebetween.