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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
May. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Craig Miller Kuhne, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Steven Bubnick, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alisha Vachhani, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Craig Miller Kuhne, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Steven Bubnick, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alisha Vachhani, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/26 (2006.01); F01D 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine blade includes an airfoil having first and second tip ribs extending along the opposite pressure and suction sides thereof. A tip baffle bifurcates the airfoil tip into two pockets, with a first pocket being laterally open at its aft end to recover leakage flow, and a second pocket being laterally closed.