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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Robert David Briggs, West Chester, OH (US);
Shawn Michael Pearson, Sharonville, OH (US);
Jack Willard Smith, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Dennis Centeno Iglesias, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert David Briggs, West Chester, OH (US);
Shawn Michael Pearson, Sharonville, OH (US);
Jack Willard Smith, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Dennis Centeno Iglesias, Cambridge, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine nozzle includes: a hollow, airfoil-shaped turbine vane; and an arcuate first band disposed at a first end of the turbine vane, the first band having a flowpath face adjacent the turbine vane, and an opposed back face. The back face includes at least one open pocket, the at least one pocket defined in part by a bottom wall recessed from the back face, opposed ends of the bottom wall merging with the back face. The bottom wall is substantially free of interior corners.