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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2005
Robert Charbonneau, Meriden, CT (US);
James Downs, Jupiter, FL (US);
Shawn Gregg, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Wesley Harris, Jupiter, FL (US);
Natalya Khandros, Norfolk, CT (US);
Jeffrey R. Levine, Wallingford, CT (US);
Paul Orndoff, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Steve Palmer, East Hartford, CT (US);
Edward F. Pietraskiewicz, Southington, CT (US);
Norm Roeloffs, Tequesta, FL (US);
Richard Stockton, North Haven, CT (US);
Wanda Widmer, Port Saint Lucie, FL (US);
Dagny Williams, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Robert Charbonneau, Meriden, CT (US);
James Downs, Jupiter, FL (US);
Shawn Gregg, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Wesley Harris, Jupiter, FL (US);
Natalya Khandros, Norfolk, CT (US);
Jeffrey R. Levine, Wallingford, CT (US);
Paul Orndoff, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Steve Palmer, East Hartford, CT (US);
Edward F. Pietraskiewicz, Southington, CT (US);
Norm Roeloffs, Tequesta, FL (US);
Richard Stockton, North Haven, CT (US);
Wanda Widmer, Port Saint Lucie, FL (US);
Dagny Williams, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A turbine engine component, such as a turbine blade, has an airfoil portion, a plurality of cooling passages within the airfoil portion with each of the cooling passages having an inlet for a cooling fluid. Each inlet has a flared bellmouth inlet portion. The turbine engine component may further have a dirt funnel at the tip of the airfoil portion, a platform with at least one beveled edge, and an undercut trailing edge slot.