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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Sean Robert Keith, Fairfield, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Danowski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Leslie Eugene Leeke, Jr., Burlington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Sean Robert Keith, Fairfield, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Danowski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Leslie Eugene Leeke, Jr., Burlington, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/08 (2006.01); B21D 53/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for fabricating a rotor blade includes casting the turbine rotor blade to include a shank, and a platform having an upper surface and a lower surface, and coupling a first component to the rotor blade such that a first substantially hollow plenum is defined between the first component, the shank, and the platform lower surface.