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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 26, 2013
Applicants:

Rolls-royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Jack K. Moody, Avon, IN (US);

Richard C. Uskert, Timonium, MD (US);

Adam L. Chamberlain, Mooresville, IN (US);

David J. Thomas, Brownsburg, IN (US);

Assignees:

Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianpolis, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/186 (2013.01); F05D 2240/122 (2013.01); F05D 2240/304 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49229 (2015.01);
Abstract

One aspect of the present application provides an apparatus comprising a shape operable as a gas turbine engine component, an internal cavity within the shape including a radius, a trench on an external surface of the shape including a rear face tangential to an arc centered on the radius of the internal cavity, and a cooling hole extending from the internal cavity and exiting to the trench through the rear face of the trench wherein a cooling fluid introduced to the internal cavity flows through the cooling hole and into the trench during operation of the gas turbine engine component.


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