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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2018
Applicant:

United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas M. LoRicco, Windsor, CT (US);

Ricardo Trindade, Mansfield, CT (US);

Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);

Assignee:

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F01D 9/065 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/124 (2013.01); F05D 2240/81 (2013.01); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01); F05D 2260/2212 (2013.01); F05D 2260/22141 (2013.01);
Abstract

Airfoils for gas turbine engines are provided. The airfoils include an airfoil body extending between a first platform and a second platform, a first platform feed cavity defined by the first platform, a second platform exit cavity defined by the second platform, a first hybrid skin core cooling cavity passage formed within the airfoil body and fluidly connecting the first platform feed cavity to the second platform exit cavity, and at least one purge aperture formed in the second platform and fluidly connecting the second platform exit cavity to an exterior of the second platform. The airfoil body does not include any apertures fluidly connecting the first hybrid skin core cooling cavity passage to an exterior of the airfoil body.


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