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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Applicant:
Gary Liotta, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventor:
Gary Liotta, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine bucket includes an airfoil portion and a tip shroud at a radially outer end of the airfoil portion. The tip shroud includes a first radially inner tip shroud component formed integrally with the airfoil portion and composed of a first metal material, and a second radially outer structural tip shroud component composed of a second metal material bonded to the first radially inner tip shroud component.