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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2010
Herbert Chidsey Roberts, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Ellington Greene, Greenville, SC (US);
Herbert Chidsey Roberts, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Ellington Greene, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine bucket that includes a platform and an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform. The airfoil includes a root segment and a tip segment. The root segment includes a first end and a second end. The root first end extends from a radially outer surface of the platform. The root segment extends from the root first end to the root second end. The tip segment includes a tip first end and a tip second end. The tip first end is removably coupled to the root second end. The tip segment extends outward from the root second end to the tip second end.