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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Benjamin Paul Lacy, Greer, SC (US);
Brian Peter Arness, Simpsonville, SC (US);
David Edward Schick, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooling structure for a turbomachine. In one embodiment, the cooling structure is for a seal slot of the turbomachine. The cooling structure includes a body coupled to a surface of the seal slot. The body includes a passageway on a first surface of the body for providing a cooling fluid to the seal slot. In an other embodiment, a apparatus includes a first component and a second component adjacent the first component. The apparatus also includes a seal slot extending between the first component and the second component, and a cooling structure positioned within the seal slot. The cooling structure includes a body coupled to a surface of the seal slot. The body has a passageway on a first surface of the body for providing a cooling fluid to the seal slot.