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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Victor H Correia, Milton Mills, NH (US);
Robert F Manning, Newburyport, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ; F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416 / ; 416 92 ; 415115 ; 4151731 ; 4151734 ;
Abstract
A turbine blade includes a hollow airfoil having a squealer tip rib extending outboard from a tip cap enclosing the airfoil. An impingement baffle is spaced inboard from the tip cap to define a tip plenum therebetween. Impingement holes extend through the baffle and are directed at the junction of the rib and cap for impinging a coolant jet thereagainst.