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Patent No.:

US 9638051 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2013

Turbomachine bucket having angel wing for differently sized discouragers and related methods

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gareth William David Lewis, Greenville, SC (US);

Andrew Daniel Grafitti, Greenville, SC (US);

Jonathan Matthew Lomas, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Felipe Roman-Morales, Greenville, SC (US);

Ronald Lee Souther, Campobello, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Ernest G. Cusick

Hoffman Warnick LLC

Primary Examiner:

Theresa Trieu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F04D 3/00 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F01D 11/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); B23P 15/04 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/02 (2013.01); B23P 6/007 (2013.01); B23P 15/04 (2013.01); F01D 5/005 (2013.01); F01D 5/14 (2013.01); F01D 5/288 (2013.01); F01D 11/001 (2013.01); F05D 2230/80 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4932 (2015.01);
Abstract

A turbomachine bucket may include an airfoil, a shank coupled to the airfoil, and an angel wing coupled to the shank, the angel wing having an axially extending tip sized to seal with a plurality of discouragers, each discourager having a different axial extent. Various methods for modifying an angel wing to accommodate different sized discouragers are also disclosed.

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Lewis, Gareth William David. (2017). Turbomachine bucket having angel wing for differently sized discouragers and related methods (U.S. Patent No. 9638051). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9638051

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