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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, West Chester, OH (US);
Kevin Robert Feldmann, Mason, OH (US);
Douglas Ray Smith, Hamilton, OH (US);
Kirk D. Gallier, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Daniel Scott Martyn, Mason, OH (US);
Rachel Anne Vukoja, Florence, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An engine component for a gas turbine engine generating hot combustion gas flow is provided. The engine component can include a substrate constructed from a CMC material and having a hot surface facing the hot combustion gas flow and a cooling surface facing a cooling fluid flow. The substrate defines a film hole extending through the substrate and having an inlet provided on the cooling surface, an outlet provided on the hot surface, and a passage connecting the inlet and the outlet. The engine component also includes a flow conditioning structure provided upstream of the outlet on the hot surface. The flow conditioning structure can include a ridge extending from the hot surface.