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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2023
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Daniel P. Preuss, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., West Hartford, 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 defining a plenum. An airfoil extends radially inward from the platform on a side opposite the forward and aft rails and includes a leading edge cavity that is open at the platform. A platform feed structure is arranged on the platform about the leading edge cavity and in the plenum and defines a fluid path through the forward rail and into the leading edge cavity. A cover plate is arranged on a top surface of the platform feed structure and configured to fluidly separate the plenum of the platform from the leading edge cavity and define a turning plenum. The cover plate defines a turning contour surface that is shaped to turn an airflow from an axial flow direction to a radial flow direction.