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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Luke John Ammann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Randall Richard Good, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Luke John Ammann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Randall Richard Good, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, in one embodiment, includes a turbine blade having a radial blade tip. The system further includes a trailing edge trench that is formed in the radial blade tip and which extends towards a trailing edge of the turbine blade. The trailing edge trench further includes a first set of cooling passages, each of which includes a first slot formed along a first sidewall of the trailing edge trench, whereby the slot is coupled to a first respective hole extending through a floor of the trailing edge trench.