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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2019
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Mark F. Zelesky, Bolton, CT (US);
Assignee:
AYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/06 (2006.01); F01D 5/08 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/065 (2013.01); F01D 5/081 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F01D 11/001 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/24 (2013.01); F05D 2260/205 (2013.01); F05D 2260/221 (2013.01); F05D 2260/941 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a rotor carrying a blade, a ceramic vane adjacent the blade, a seal carried on the rotor adjacent the tip of the ceramic vane, and a cooling passage circuit extending through the blade, the seal, and the ceramic vane. The cooling passage circuit is configured to provide cooling air into the blade, then from the blade into the seal, and then from the seal into the ceramic vane.