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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2024
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Zachary Daniel Webster, Mason, OH (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Gregory Terrence Garay, West Chester, OH (US);
Kirk D. Gallier, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A component for a turbine engine comprises a wall having a first wall surface and a second wall surface; and a cooling hole comprising a connecting passage extending between an inlet at the first wall surface and an outlet located at the second wall surface. The connecting passage includes: a metering section extending from the inlet toward the outlet and defining a centerline, and a diffusing section at the outlet defining first and second side walls, a first junction between the first side wall and the metering section and a second junction between the second side wall the metering section, the first side wall extending between the first junction and the outlet, and the second side wall extending between the second junction and the outlet. A metering section distance is measured between the centerline and a metering section wall of the metering section.