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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2004
Aspi Rustom Wadia, Loveland, OH (US);
Peter Nicholas Szucs, West Chester, OH (US);
Syed Arif Khalid, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Peter John Wood, Loveland, OH (US);
Kevin R. Kirtley, Scotia, NY (US);
Xiaoyue Liu, Clifton, NY (US);
Aspi Rustom Wadia, Loveland, OH (US);
Peter Nicholas Szucs, West Chester, OH (US);
Syed Arif Khalid, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Peter John Wood, Loveland, OH (US);
Kevin R. Kirtley, Scotia, NY (US);
Xiaoyue Liu, Clifton, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An airfoil having a root, a tip, and an outer surface for pressuring air flowable thereover. The outer surface includes one or more slots elongate in a direction selected to preclude or reduce circulation within the slots, and the one or more slots are configured to bleed a boundary layer from the outer surface to the tip utilizing one or more passageways within the airfoil.