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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Ching-pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Aspi Rustom Wadia, Loveland, OH (US);
John Christopher Brauer, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Inventors:
Ching-Pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Aspi Rustom Wadia, Loveland, OH (US);
John Christopher Brauer, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine airfoil includes opposite pressure and suction sidewalls, and extends in chord between opposite leading and trailing edges and in span from a root to an outer tip cap. The tip cap bridges the sidewalls, and a flute extends chordally along the pressure sidewall and below the tip cap.