- Patent Title: Gas turbine engine component having engineered vascular structure
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Application No.: US14961221Application Date: 2015-12-07
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Publication No.: US10077664B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Carey Clum , Timothy J. Jennings
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F01D9/02 ; B22F3/105 ; B22D25/02 ; B22C9/10 ; F01D25/12 ; B23K15/00 ; F23R3/00 ; F02C7/18 ; F01D11/08 ; F01D25/30 ; F01D5/18 ; B33Y80/00 ; B33Y10/00

Abstract:
A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a wall and a vascular engineered lattice structure formed inside of the wall. The vascular engineered lattice structure includes a plurality of nodes, a plurality of branches that extend between the plurality of nodes, and a plurality of passages extending between the plurality of nodes and the plurality of passages. Further, at least one of the branches is non-circular in cross-section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170159447A1 GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT HAVING ENGINEERED VASCULAR STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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