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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas Earl Dyson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Nicholas William Rathay, Rock City Falls, NY (US);
Brendon James Leary, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gregory Terrence Garay, West Chester, OH (US);
Gustavo Adolfo Ledezma, Delmar, NY (US);
David Wayne Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Montgomery, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for cooling a blade tip for a turbine engine can include an blade, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the blade at the tip. A plurality of film-holes can be provided in the tip rail. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the film-holes from the interior of the blade to cool the tip of the blade.