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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Travis J Packer, Lebanon, OH (US);
Brad Wilson VanTassel, Greer, SC (US);
William Scott Zemitis, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/06 (2006.01); F02C 9/22 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/22 (2013.01); F01D 5/189 (2013.01); F01D 9/065 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/128 (2013.01); F05D 2250/90 (2013.01); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vane of a turbine system is provided. The vane includes: an internal cavity configured to receive a flow of cooling fluid; a variable thickness wall adjacent the internal cavity; and an impingement plate separating the variable thickness wall from the internal cavity, the impingement plate including a plurality of apertures for directing the cooling fluid into an impingement cavity and against the variable thickness wall, wherein the impingement plate is configured to follow a contour of the variable thickness wall.