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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Applicants:
John Alan Weaver, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Tony Alan Lambert, Brownsburg, IN (US);
James Sellhorn, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
John Alan Weaver, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Tony Alan Lambert, Brownsburg, IN (US);
James Sellhorn, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/08 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine airfoil arrangement for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil having an inlet and an exit, the inlet configured to receive a cooling gas flow operable to cool at least part of an other airfoil; and a passage disposed in the airfoil and fluidly coupled to the inlet and the exit, the exit being configured to pass at least some of the cooling gas flow to the other airfoil.