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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Applicant:
Bradley Taylor Boyer, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventor:
Bradley Taylor Boyer, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); B23P 15/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/186 (2013.01); F01D 5/288 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01); F05D 2230/11 (2013.01); F05B 2250/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application thus provides an airfoil for use in a turbine. The airfoil may include a wall, an internal cooling plenum, and a cooling hole extending through the wall to the cooling plenum. The cooling hole may include an offset counterbore therein.