The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Hermosa Lake, CA (US);
Fernando Reiter, Reading, OH (US);
Zachary Daniel Webster, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F02C 7/141 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F01D 5/141 (2013.01); F02C 7/141 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/307 (2013.01); F05D 2250/232 (2013.01); F05D 2250/324 (2013.01); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for a component for a turbine engine, which generates a hot gas flow, and provides a cooling fluid flow, comprising a wall separating the hot gas flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising a connecting passage extending between an inlet at the cooled surface and an outlet located at the heated surface, with the connecting passage comprising a diffusing section.