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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
John David Dyer, Flat Rock, NC (US);
Madhusudan Rao Pothumarthi, Bangalore, IN;
Lynn M. Naparty, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael Ericson Friedman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John David Dyer, Flat Rock, NC (US);
Madhusudan Rao Pothumarthi, Bangalore, IN;
Lynn M. Naparty, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael Ericson Friedman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A compressor having a compressor blade with a blade tip portion configured to reduce stresses in the blade tip of the compressor blade is provided. The compressor blade includes a first and second faces extending to the blade tip portion. The blade tip portion includes a blade tip, a first recess extending between the first face and the blade tip, and a second recess extending between the second face and the blade tip.