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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Frank Cunha, Avon, CT (US);
Matthew T. Dahmer, Auburn, MA (US);
Inventors:
Frank Cunha, Avon, CT (US);
Matthew T. Dahmer, Auburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine engine component has an airfoil portion with a suction side. The component includes a cooling microcircuit embedded within a wall structure forming the suction side. The cooling microcircuit has at least one cooling film hole positioned ahead of a gage point for creating a flow of cooling fluid over an exterior surface of the suction side which travels past the gage point. The cooling microcircuit is formed using refractory metal core technology. A method for forming the cooling microcircuit is described.