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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Craig Miller Kuhne, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Steven Bubnick, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alisha Vachhani Kalb, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Craig Miller Kuhne, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Steven Bubnick, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alisha Vachhani Kalb, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine blade includes an airfoil and integral platform. The platform is biformally contoured in elevation to include bilaterally disposed elevated ridges and depressed troughs on opposite sides of the airfoil.