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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Terrence Garay, West Chester, OH (US);
Douglas Ray Smith, Hamilton, OH (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Montgomery, OH (US);
Zachary Daniel Webster, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); B22C 9/00 (2006.01); B22C 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/186 (2013.01); B22C 9/00 (2013.01); B22C 13/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for forming a film hole in an outer wall of an airfoil. The film hole includes a blind opening adjacent the interior of the airfoil and a hole adjacent the exterior of the airfoil. The blind opening fluidly couples to the hole to form the film hole for providing a volume of fluid as a surface cooling film along the exterior of the outer wall.