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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Judd Dodge Tressler, Mason, OH (US);
Glenn H. Nichols, Mason, OH (US);
Inventors:
Judd Dodge Tressler, Mason, OH (US);
Glenn H. Nichols, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine nozzle includes a plurality of vanes joined at opposite ends to outer and inner bands. The inner band has a forward hook which is segmented to reduce thermal mismatch. And, in additional embodiments the vane includes an impingement baffle having preferential cooling.