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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yong Weon Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Tsuhon Lin, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey Stephen Carullo, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/047 (2013.01); F01D 5/189 (2013.01); F01D 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An insert tube of a turbine vane is disclosed. The insert tube includes a pressure side wall, a suction side wall opposite and spaced apart from the pressure side wall, a leading edge, and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge. The insert tube includes a plurality of cooling channels spaced along the pressure side wall. The insert tube includes an indented portion located between the trailing edge and the pressure side wall.