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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2004
Applicant:
Brian G Cooper, Derby, GB;
Inventor:
Brian G Cooper, Derby, GB;
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce plc, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine, the vane assembly comprising an aerodynamic main body across which gas can flow in streamlines, the main body defining a chamber and a plurality of cooling apertures extending through the main body, the cooling apertures being arranged in a plurality of arrays, wherein the vane assembly is arrangeable so that each array is generally parallel to the streamlines, and the vane assembly further including a baffle arrangement provided in the chamber the baffle arrangement having a gas deflection surface which extends across a plurality of the arrays.