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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
David Allen Flodman, Rowley, MA (US);
Robert Francis Manning, Newburyport, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/065 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F05D 2250/23 (2013.01); F05D 2250/231 (2013.01); F05D 2250/75 (2013.01); F05D 2260/2212 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method relating to an airfoil for a turbine engine and cooling channels within the airfoil. The airfoil includes an outer wall defining an interior bound by a pressure side and a suction side extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge defining a chord-wise direction and extending radially between a root and a tip defining a span-wise direction. Further, the airfoil includes ribs located within the interior and a flow enhancer extending between the ribs.