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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Thomas Beyer, Hartland, WI (US);
Gregory Terrence Garay, West Chester, OH (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Montgomery, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/20 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F01D 5/20 (2013.01); F05D 2240/307 (2013.01); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for cooling an airfoil tip for a turbine engine can include an airfoil, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the airfoil at the tip. A plurality of cooling holes can be provided in the tip rail at the tip. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the cooling holes from the interior of the airfoil to cool the tip of the airfoil.