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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jason Randolph Allen, Loveland, OH (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 5/183 (2013.01); F01D 5/186 (2013.01); F05D 2230/31 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01); F05D 2260/203 (2013.01); F05D 2300/514 (2013.01); Y02T 50/672 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for flowing cooling air through an outer wall of an engine component such as an airfoil. The airfoil having the outer wall can include an opening. A framework can be disposed in the opening adapted to reduce the required flow through the opening to increase the efficiency of the engine and improve cooling.