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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Donald Brett Desander, Cambridge, MA (US);
James Earl Kopriva, Boston, MA (US);
Robert Francis Manning, Newburyport, MA (US);
Robert Edward Athans, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark Douglas Gledhill, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Donald Brett DeSander, Cambridge, MA (US);
James Earl Kopriva, Boston, MA (US);
Robert Francis Manning, Newburyport, MA (US);
Robert Edward Athans, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark Douglas Gledhill, South Hamilton, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of fabricating a rotor blade is provided. The method includes forming at least one passageway within the rotor blade, wherein the passageway extends substantially radially from a root of the rotor blade to a tip of the rotor blade, and coupling a shroud to the tip of the rotor blade. The shroud includes at least one substantially radially-outward extending wall that at least partially defines an outer plenum that is radially outward from at least the shroud, wherein the outer plenum is in flow communication with the passageway.