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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:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred Thomas Willett, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Gary Michael Itzel, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Dimitrios Stathopoulos, Glenmont, NY (US);
Larry Wayne Plemmons, late of Hamilton, OH (US);
Doyle C. Lewis, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 ;
Abstract
An open cooling circuit for a gas turbine bucket wherein the bucket has an airfoil portion, and a tip shroud, the cooling circuit including a plurality of radial cooling holes extending through the airfoil portion and communicating with an enlarged internal area within the tip shroud before exiting the tip shroud such that a cooling medium used to cool the airfoil portion is subsequently used to cool the tip shroud.