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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 02, 2016
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Dominic J. Mongillo, West Hartford, CT (US);
Parth Jariwala, Iselin, NJ (US);
Bret M. Teller, Meriden, CT (US);
Mark F. Zelesky, Bolton, CT (US);
James Tilsley Auxier, Bloomfield, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An airfoil of a gas turbine engine is provided including a leading edge extending in a radial direction, a tip extending in an axial direction from the leading edge, a first rib extending radially within the airfoil, the leading edge and the first rib defining a leading edge cavity within the airfoil, a second rib, the second rib and the first rib defining a serpentine cavity therein, a third rib extending axially within the tip, a flag tip cavity defined by the third rib, the leading edge, and the tip, the leading edge cavity fluidly connected to the flag tip cavity, and a bypass aperture formed between the first rib and the third rib, the bypass aperture configured to fluidly connect the serpentine cavity with the flag tip cavity.