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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Frank J. Cunha, Avon, CT (US);
William Abdel-messeh, Middletown, CT (US);
Inventors:
Frank J. Cunha, Avon, CT (US);
William Abdel-Messeh, Middletown, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine component has an airfoil portion with at least one central core element, a pressure side wall, and a suction side wall. The airfoil portion also has a serpentine cooling passageway in at least one of the walls. In a preferred embodiment, the airfoil portion has a serpentine cooling passageway in both of the pressure and suction side walls. A refractory metal core for forming the serpentine cooling passageway(s) is also described.