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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventor:
James W. Norris, Lebanon, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 1/00 (2006.01); F02C 7/16 (2006.01); F01D 5/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/28 (2006.01); F04D 29/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/16 (2013.01); F01D 5/088 (2013.01); F04D 29/285 (2013.01); F04D 29/584 (2013.01); F05D 2260/207 (2013.01); F05D 2260/2322 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine radial impeller includes first and second impeller portions that are secured to one another along a neutral bending plane of the radial impeller. A vapor cooling cavity is provided between the first and second impeller portions. The neutral bending plane is arranged in the vapor cooling cavity.