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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Andrew S. Aggarwala, Vernon, CT (US);
Russell J. Bergman, Windsor, CT (US);
Mark A. Boeke, Plainville, CT (US);
Kyle C. Lana, Portland, CT (US);
Daniel A. Snyder, Manchester, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An airfoil stage of a turbine engine includes an upstream airfoil assembly, a downstream airfoil assembly in rotational relationship to the upstream airfoil assembly and a rim seal assembly integrated therebetween. The rim seal assembly may include a sloped downstream portion of a platform of the upstream airfoil assembly, an upstream segment of a platform of the downstream airfoil assembly and a nub that projects radially outward from the upstream segment. The downstream portion and the upstream segment are spaced from one-another defining a cooling cavity therebetween for the flow of cooling air. The portion and segment overlap axially such that the nub is axially aligned to the downstream portion for improved cooling effectiveness and a reduction of core airflow into the cooling cavity.