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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:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Ching-pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Florence, KY (US);
Brian Alan Norton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jan Christopher Schilling, Middletown, OH (US);
Inventors:
Ching-Pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Florence, KY (US);
Brian Alan Norton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jan Christopher Schilling, Middletown, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gas turbine engine rotor blade includes an airfoil, platform, shank, and dovetail integrally joined together. A dust escape hole extends through the platform adjacent a fillet bridging the platform and shank to bleed dust therefrom during operation.