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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Clifford J. Musto, West Hartford, CT (US);
Nicholas M. LoRicco, Coventry, CT (US);
Thomas N. Slavens, Vernon, CT (US);
Timothy J. Jennings, South Windsor, CT (US);
Carey Clum, East Hartford, CT (US);
Sasha M. Moore, East Hartford, CT (US);
John McBrien, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
San Quach, East Hartford, CT (US);
Christopher Whitfield, Manchester, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A wall of a gas turbine engine is provided. The wall may comprise an external surface adjacent a gas path and an internal surface adjacent an internal flow path. A film hole may have an inlet at the internal surface and an outlet at the external surface. A flow accumulator adjacent the inlet may protrude from the internal surface. A method of making an engine component is also provided and comprises the step of forming a component wall comprising an accumulator on an internal surface and a film hole defined by the component wall. The film hole may include an opening adjacent the accumulator and defined by the internal surface.