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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Anurag Gupta, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Brian Chandler Barr, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kevin Richard Kirtley, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Anna Tam, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Anurag Gupta, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Brian Chandler Barr, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kevin Richard Kirtley, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Anna Tam, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An engine stage includes a row of airfoils joined to corresponding platforms to define flow passages therebetween. Each airfoil includes opposite pressure and suction sides and extends in chord between opposite leading and trailing edges. Extending from a surface of the platforms is a trailing edge ridge structure which adjoins the pressure sides, suction sides, and trailing edges of the airfoils with their respective platforms.