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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Niraj Kumar Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Xiuzhang James Zhang, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Niraj Kumar Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Xiuzhang James Zhang, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine bucket having an airfoil is disclosed. The airfoil may include a pressure side wall and a suction side wall extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. In addition, the airfoil may include a base and a tip disposed opposite the base. The tip may include a tip floor and pressure and suction side tip walls extending outwardly from the tip floor. Moreover, the tip may include an intermediate tip wall extending outwardly from the tip floor between the pressure and suction side tip walls. The intermediate tip wall may define a height that is less than a height of the pressure and/or suction side tip walls.