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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Sudhakar Neeli, Karnataka, IN;
Sacheverel Quentin Eldrid, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Robert Cormack Young, Mazowieckie, PL;
Mariusz Robert Pulanecki, Mazowieckie, PL;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/08 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F01D 5/066 (2013.01); F01D 5/08 (2013.01); F01D 5/087 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2230/00 (2013.01); F05D 2250/71 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine disc having a radius and a circumference is provided. The turbine disc includes a central aperture and a plurality of cooling channels circumferentially spaced about the central aperture such that the cooling channels are in flow communication with the central aperture. Each of the cooling channels has a radially inner end, a radially outer end, and a lengthwise axis that is curved between the radially inner end and the radially outer end.