Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotor blade tip
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Application No.: US15591242Application Date: 2017-05-10
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Publication No.: US10443405B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Moorthi Subramaniyan , Adam John Fredmonski
- 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: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18 ; F02C3/04 ; F01D5/20 ; F01D5/30

Abstract:
A rotor blade includes an airfoil. The airfoil includes a leading edge and a trailing edge downstream of the leading edge. The airfoil also includes a radially outer tip with a pressure side tip rail and a suction side tip rail. A slot is formed in an aft portion of the suction side tip rail and an opening is positioned between the suction side tip rail and the pressure side tip rail at the trailing edge. Gas flows from the tip via the slot and the opening to inhibit formation of a vortex flow proximate to the suction side of the airfoil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180328191A1 ROTOR BLADE TIP Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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