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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joseph Steven Bubnick, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Joseph Bartz, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Edward Demers, Ipswich, MA (US);
Robert Alan Frederick, West Chester, OH (US);
Todd Stephen Heffron, Harrison, OH (US);
Sean Michael Molleson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A durable nozzle vane includes a leading edge where hot combustion gas impinges on the vane, a pressure side extending from the leading edge to a trailing edge and a suction side extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, a blunt region along the suction side between the leading edge and a high curvature region, the blunt region having small curvature in the length between the leading edge and the high curvature region allowing for at least two rows of cooling apertures.