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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kent G Hultgren, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ; F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415136 ; 415190 ;
Abstract
A one-piece, investment cast stator structure is provided including inner and outer shrouds 14 and 12 with a hollow airfoil-shaped vane therebetween and with areas 34, 36, 42 and 44 in the vicinity of the intersections of the shrouds with the airfoil vane walls being of reduced thickness relative to the remainder of the shrouds to provide improved properties of the material in these areas to better respond to thermal stresses imposed on the structure.