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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2011
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gary Michael Itzel, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Scott Edmond Ellis, Easley, SC (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gary Michael Itzel, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Scott Edmond Ellis, Easley, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A bucket assembly and a method for treating a bucket assembly are disclosed. The bucket assembly includes a platform, the platform defining a platform cooling circuit, and an airfoil extending generally radially outward from the platform, the airfoil defining an airfoil cooling circuit. The bucket assembly additionally includes a lower body portion extending generally radially inward from the platform, the lower body portion defining a root and a cooling passage extending from the root, the cooling passage in fluid communication with the airfoil cooling circuit. The bucket assembly further includes a transfer passage defined between and in fluid communication with the airfoil cooling circuit and the platform cooling circuit such that a cooling medium may flow from the airfoil cooling circuit through the transfer passage to the platform cooling circuit.