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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Peter Heyward, Loveland, OH (US);
Robert Ingram Ackerman, West Chester, OH (US);
Richard Hartley Pugh, Maineville, OH (US);
Steven Curtiss Warfield, Mason, OH (US);
Kenneth Morand Lieland, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/938 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/938 ;
Abstract
A nozzle vane includes a row of trailing edge apertures and cooperating inboard slots joined in flow communication with a mid-chord cavity. An outboard slot is spaced outwardly from a respective last one of the inboard slots, and outboard of a respective last one of the trailing edge apertures. The outboard slot extends behind a braze joint between the vane and a supporting band and is effective for backside cooling thereof.