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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert F. Manning, Newburyport, MA (US);
Gene C. F. Tsai, Lexington, MA (US);
Anthony D. Di Bello, Ipswich, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/958 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/958 ;
Abstract
A turbine nozzle vane includes pressure and suction sidewalls extending between leading and trailing edges. The vane includes a pair of integral ribs defining three internal cooling channels between the leading and trailing edges. Rows of film cooling holes extend through the sidewalls, and three rows in the pressure side are inclined along the span of the airfoil at different slopes.