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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Winston Gregory Smiddy, Manchester, CT (US);
San Quach, Southington, CT (US);
Matthew D. Parekh, Farmington, CT (US);
Jeffrey T. Morton, Manchester, CT (US);
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a combustor fluidly connected to the compressor via a core flowpath, and a turbine fluidly connected to the combustor via the core flowpath. The turbine includes at least one stage having a plurality of rotors and a plurality of vanes. An outer diameter of the core flowpath at at least one stage is at least partially defined by a set of circumferentially arranged blade outer air seals. Each blade outer air seal includes a platform. An internal cooling cavity is defined within the platform. At least one mateface of the platform includes a cooling trench, and a first set of cooling holes connecting the internal cavity to the cooling trench.