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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2012
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Hongzhou Xu, San Diego, CA (US);
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine turbine diaphragm () includes an inner cylindrical portion (), a mounting portion (), and a disk portion (). The mounting portion () is located radially outward from the inner cylindrical portion (). The disk portion () extends radially between the inner cylindrical portion () and the mounting portion (). The disk portion () includes a plurality of angled holes (). Each angled hole () follows a vector which is angled in at least one plane. A component of the vector is located on a plane perpendicular to a radial extending from an axis of the diaphragm (). The component of the vector is angled relative to an axial direction of the diaphragm ().