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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Rohit Chouhan, Bangalore, IN;
Sylvain Pierre, Greer, SC (US);
Gunnar Leif Siden, Greenville, SC (US);
Santhosh Kumar Vijayan, Bangalore, IN;
Joseph Anthony Cotroneo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Rohit Chouhan, Bangalore, IN;
Sylvain Pierre, Greer, SC (US);
Gunnar Leif Siden, Greenville, SC (US);
Santhosh Kumar Vijayan, Bangalore, IN;
Joseph Anthony Cotroneo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a turbomachine having a turbomachine blade and a stationary structural component. The turbomachine blade includes a tip shroud having a leading edge portion where the leading edge portion has a first surface. The stationary structural component is disposed about the turbomachine blade and includes a corresponding portion corresponding to the leading edge portion of the tip shroud, where the corresponding portion has a second surface, where the first surface and the second surface have generally parallel contours.