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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Applicants:
Patrick Daniel Noble, Greenville, SC (US);
Joseph Anthony Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Donald Earl Floyd, Ii, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Daniel Noble, Greenville, SC (US);
Joseph Anthony Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Donald Earl Floyd, II, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F01D 11/08 (2013.01); F05D 2240/307 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a turbomachine that includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate about a rotational axis relative to the stator. In addition, the rotor includes a least one rotary blade, and the at least one rotary blade has a patterned structure of beams and cavities.