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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2023
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Daniel P. Preuss, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);
Kristopher K. Anderson, Manchester, CT (US);
Nicholas J. Madonna, Wallingford, CT (US);
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
Vane assemblies for gas turbine engines are described. The vane assemblies include a platform having an interior platform surface, a forward rail, and an aft rail, wherein the interior platform surface, the forward rail, and the aft rail define a plenum, an airfoil extending radially inward from the platform on a side opposite the forward and aft rails, the airfoil having a leading edge cavity and a baffle installed within the leading edge cavity, and platform feed structure arranged on the platform in the plenum and defining a fluid path through the forward rail and into the baffle of the leading edge cavity.