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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas Earl Dyson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Brian Brzek, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Fred Willett, Jr., Schenectady, NY (US);
Paul Dimascio, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an airfoil includes an airfoil body portion, an airfoil tip portion disposed radially outward of the airfoil body portion, an airfoil root portion, and a plurality of radial cooling passages extending through the airfoil body portion from the root portion to the tip airfoil portion. The airfoil body portion and the airfoil tip portion are joined at a braze interface or a weld interface. The airfoil tip portion includes at least one manifold fluidly connecting at least one radial cooling passage to at least one other radial cooling passage.