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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Daniel Jackson Dillard, Greenville, SC (US);
Christopher Donald Porter, Mauldin, SC (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Jackson Dillard, Greenville, SC (US);
Christopher Donald Porter, Mauldin, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F05D 2240/81 (2013.01); F05D 2250/185 (2013.01); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01); F05D 2260/204 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine nozzle section of a gas turbine may include an inner endwall with a leading edge. A serpentine passage may be configured substantially within the leading edge. The serpentine passage may have an inlet and an outlet. Air may be received at the inlet and exhausted at the outlet, cooling the leading edge.