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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Hyun Dong Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Marius Dumitrascu, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Eugene Greenspan, San Diego, CA (US);
Yungmo Kang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yong Weon Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Hyun Dong Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Marius Dumitrascu, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Eugene Greenspan, San Diego, CA (US);
Yungmo Kang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yong Weon Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A turbine blade is disclosed. The turbine blade may have an airfoil extending from a first surface of a turbine platform. The turbine blade may further have a first side pocket of the turbine platform that is configured to substantially entirely house a first moveable seal between a forward wall of the first side pocket and an aft wall of the first side pocket. The first side pocket may have a convex surface, extending between the forward wall and the aft wall, and a concave surface. The turbine blade may also have a second side pocket of the turbine platform configured to receive a portion of a second moveable seal.