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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark F. Zelesky, Coventry, CT (US);
Gary D. Steuber, Loveland, OH (US);
Daniel E. Kane, Tolland, CT (US);
Brian Merry, Middletown, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 ; F01D 9/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 ; F01D 9/06 ;
Abstract
A coolable stator vane,having a platform,having internal cooling for the platform is disclosed. Various construction details are developed for cooling the interior of the platform in the trailing edge region,of the platform. In one particular embodiment, the platform has a two-pass passage,in flow communication with the exterior of the platform, the rearmost pass,discharging more than half the cooling fluid entering the two pass passage.