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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01S 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for fabricating a turbine rotor blade includes casting a turbine rotor blade including a dovetail, a platform having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a cast-in plenum defined between the outer surface and the inner surface, and an airfoil, and forming a plurality of openings between the platform inner surface and the platform outer surface to facilitate cooling an exterior surface of the platform.