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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2004
Ching-pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Baolan Shi, Swampscott, MA (US);
Wenfeng LU, Mason, OH (US);
Joseph Michael Guentert, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Steven Robert Brassfield, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ching-Pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Baolan Shi, Swampscott, MA (US);
Wenfeng Lu, Mason, OH (US);
Joseph Michael Guentert, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Steven Robert Brassfield, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine nozzle includes a hollow vane joined to opposite inner and outer bands. The inner band includes a forward lip under the leading edge of the vane, an aft lip under the trailing edge of the vane, and a mounting flange spaced therebetween. An impingement bore extends obliquely and aft from the base of the mounting flange under a corner of the inner band toward the aft lip for impingement cooling thereof.