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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:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Lee Herron, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 2/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 2/504 ;
Abstract
A turbine bucket tip shroud is reinforced by introducing a reinforcing material such as a ceramic-matrix composite as reinforcing rods or bars into the casting of the tip shrouded turbine bucket, to provide resistance to creep deformation. By reducing creep deformation, unlatching of the interlocked tip shrouds is minimized, and bucket overload and vibratory failures are avoided.