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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Joseph T. Caprario, Cromwell, CT (US);
Eric A. Hudson, Harwinton, CT (US);
Inventors:
Joseph T. Caprario, Cromwell, CT (US);
Eric A. Hudson, Harwinton, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/08 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cover plate for use with a rotor disk in a gas turbine engine includes an enclosed chamber associated with a web on the rotor disk. The enclosed chamber ensures that adequate cooling air is delivered by rotation of the cover plate.