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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Milton Mills, NH (US);
Robert Francis Manning, Newburyport, MA (US);
Bhanu Mahasamudram Reddy, Boxford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Milton Mills, NH (US);
Robert Francis Manning, Newburyport, MA (US);
Bhanu Mahasamudram Reddy, Boxford, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine blade includes forward and aft serpentine cooling circuits terminating in corresponding forward and aft impingement channels. Each serpentine circuit has two metered inlets for distributing primary inlet flow to the first passes thereof and supplemental inlet flow to the last passes thereof.