Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine component cooling holes
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Application No.: US15180553Application Date: 2016-06-13
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Publication No.: US10443396B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Thomas Earl Dyson , Aaron Ezekiel Smith
- 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: The Small Patent Law Group LLC
- Agent Christopher R. Carroll
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18

Abstract:
A turbine component includes an internal surface, an external surface and a cooling hole. The cooling hole includes an inlet disposed on the internal surface, an outlet disposed on the external surface and a flow passage in fluid communication between the inlet and outlet. The flow passage includes a metering section extending from the inlet to a metering end, a diffusion zone extending from the metering end to the outlet, and a hooded region defined by a portion of the diffusion zone covered by a hood. The cooling hole also includes a vane extending across the flow passage, wherein a portion of the vane is disposed within the hooded region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170356295A1 TURBINE COMPONENT COOLING HOLES Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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