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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mark Andrew Jones, Greer, SC (US);
Bradley Taylor Boyer, Greenville, SC (US);
Robert Alan Brittingham, Greer, SC (US);
Gregory Thomas Foster, Greer, SC (US);
Christopher William Kester, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine blade is provided and includes pressure and suction surfaces connected to define an interior through which coolant is passable and first and second pedestal arrays, each of the first and second pedestal arrays including pedestals respectively coupled to radially outboard portions of respective interior faces of one of the pressure and suction surfaces. The pedestals of the first pedestal array are separated from pedestals of the second pedestal array by gaps respectively defined therebetween.