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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd S. Heffron, Indian Springs, OH (US);
John P. Heyward, Loveland, OH (US);
John H. Starkweather, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Scott M. Carson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 ;
Abstract
A turbine nozzle includes outer and inner bands between which extend a plurality of vanes for channeling combustion gases. Each of the vanes includes leading and trailing edges, and pressure and suction sides extending therebetween, and also a bow along the trailing edge to increase pressure in the gases adjacent the inner band. The vanes also include a thermal barrier coating (TBC) selectively disposed solely along the suction side between the leading and trailing edges.