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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
May. 07, 2025
GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology Llc, Greenville, SC (US);
Johnathan Ray Wallen, Greenville, SC (US);
Kristen Coletti Powers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Lauren Rogers Te Riele, Greenville, SC (US);
William Scott Zemitis, Simpsonville, SC (US);
GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
A turbine nozzle assembly includes at least one airfoil and an outer endwall coupled to a radial outer end of the airfoil(s). A mounting rail is coupled to the outer endwall and extends at least partially radially outward from the outer endwall and at least partially circumferentially along the outer endwall. A stress relief structure is defined in the mounting rail and includes an end opening defined in a radial outer surface of the mounting rail, a slot defined through the rail thickness of the mounting rail and coupled to the end opening, and an oblong opening defined through the rail thickness of the mounting rail and coupled to a radial inner end of the slot. The oblong opening is symmetrical in a circumferential direction relative to the slot, and the slot is deeper into the mounting rail than previously provided to relieve stress where prevalent in the mounting rail.