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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jacob John Kittleson, Greenville, SC (US);
Robert Frank Hoskin, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A nozzle for a turbine system includes an airfoil, an inner sidewall, and an outer sidewall. Each of the inner sidewall and outer sidewall includes a peripheral edge defining a pressure side slash face, a suction side slash face, a leading edge face, and a trailing edge face. At least one of the inner sidewall pressure side slash face, the inner sidewall suction side slash face, the outer sidewall pressure side slash face, or the outer sidewall suction side slash face includes a first swept surface extending at a first angle relative to a nominal slash face angle and a second swept surface extending at a second angle relative to the nominal slash face angle. The first and second swept surfaces meet at an arc having a peak that is circumferentially aligned with a stiffening member extending circumferentially on a respective sidewall.