Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine engine with an airfoil having a tip shelf outlet
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Application No.: US15162687Application Date: 2016-05-24
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Publication No.: US10436038B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Jared Peter Buhler , Ronald Scott Bunker , Victor Hugo Silva Correia , Brian Kenneth Corsetti
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: McGarry Bair PC
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18 ; F01D5/20

Abstract:
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a pressure side and a suction side, with a root and a tip wall. The pressure side and suction side extend beyond the tip wall to define a tip channel, defining a plurality of internal and external corners. A tip shelf can be defined in the pressure or suction sidewalls. A film hole can extend to the tip shelf, such that the film hole can be shaped to direct a flow of cooling fluid to the film hole to improve film cooling at the tip shelf.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170159451A1 TURBINE ENGINE WITH AN AIRFOIL HAVING A TIP SHELF OUTLET Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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