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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2006
Ching-pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin Samuel Klasing, Springboro, OH (US);
Paul Hadley Vitt, Hamilton, OH (US);
Brian David Keith, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ching-Pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin Samuel Klasing, Springboro, OH (US);
Paul Hadley Vitt, Hamilton, OH (US);
Brian David Keith, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine blade includes an airfoil having first and second tip ribs extending along the opposite pressure and suction sides thereof. The tip ribs are spaced apart between the leading and trailing edges of the airfoil to include a tip baffle. The baffle extends chordally in counter profile with the first rib to define a first pocket, and in counter profile with the second rib to define a second pocket.