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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:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew Shepherd, Fairfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415115 ; 415116 ;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine nozzle includes outer and inner bands and a plurality of spaced apart vanes extending therebetween. The inner band includes an outer surface facing the outer band over which is flowable combustion gases, and a radially inwardly facing inner surface. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart turbulators are joined to the inner band inner surface adjacent the trailing edges of the vanes for increasing cooling of the inner band by cooling air channeled over the turbulators.