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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Matthew R. Piersall, Greenville, SC (US);
Brian D. Potter, Greer, SC (US);
Inventors:
Matthew R. Piersall, Greenville, SC (US);
Brian D. Potter, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tip shroud that includes a plurality of damping fins, each damping fin including a substantially non-radially-aligned surface that is configured to make contact with a tip shroud of a neighboring rotor blade. At least one damping fin may include a leading edge damping fin and at least one damping fin may include a trailing edge damping fin. The leading edge damping fin may be configured to correspond to the trailing edge damping fin.