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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Thomas Foster, Greer, SC (US);
Dustin Michael Earnhardt, Greenville, SC (US);
Michelle Jessica Rogers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
David Wayne Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/02 (2006.01); F16L 55/16 (2006.01); F16L 55/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/1612 (2013.01); F16L 55/11 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A sealing member, a component including a sealing member, and a method of sealing a hole are disclosed. In an embodiment, the sealing member includes a plug member for occluding a hole in a wall of a passageway. The plug member includes at least one cooling feature disposed on a distal end of the plug member exposed to the passageway.