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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2024
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence A. Binek, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Paul M. Lutjen, Kennebunkport, ME (US);
Jose R. Paulino, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01); B22F 5/04 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/041 (2013.01); B22F 5/04 (2013.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
An additively manufactured vane cluster has a platform, a shroud, and airfoils joining the platform to the shroud. The platform has openings, each opening between a respective two of the airfoils and forming accommodating differential thermal expansion of a leading end of the platform relative to a trailing end of the platform.