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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Scott Edmond Ellis, Easley, SC (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Scott Edmond Ellis, Easley, SC (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F02C 7/12 (2006.01); F01D 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49321 (2015.01); F01D 5/18 (2013.01); F01D 5/081 (2013.01); F05D 2240/81 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbomachine component is provided and includes a turbine blade, which is rotatable about a rotor of a turbine for power generation operations and a platform with which the turbine blade is to be assembled. The turbine blade is formed to define a main circuit having an appendage. The platform is formed to define a platform circuit, and a substantially radially extendible pathway configured to be coupled to the appendage and to the platform circuit.