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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2011
Christopher Corcoran, Manchester, CT (US);
Seth J. Thomen, Colchester, CT (US);
Christopher Corcoran, Manchester, CT (US);
Seth J. Thomen, Colchester, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine blade comprises a dovetail, a shank extending from the dovetail, an airfoil, and a platform between the shank and the airfoil. The platform comprises a side wall extending between an upstream side and a downstream side of the platform. A first pin channel extends from the upstream side of the sidewall and a second pin channel, co-axial with the first pin channel, extends from the downstream side of the sidewall. The first channel includes a radial notch at the upstream longitudinal end of the first pin channel.