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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Schenectady, NY (US);
Adegboyega Masud Makinde, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Christophe Marcel Lanaud, Delanson, NY (US);
Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Schenectady, NY (US);
Adegboyega Masud Makinde, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Christophe Marcel Lanaud, Delanson, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a turbine bucket is provided. The bucket includes a dovetail portion, an airfoil portion, and a root that extends between the airfoil portion and the dovetail portion. The turbine bucket includes a pressure side and a suction side that are connected together at a leading edge and a trailing edge. The method includes forming at least one pocket within the turbine bucket, such that the pocket is formed within the pressure side. The method also includes forming at least one pin within the at least one pocket.