Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interwoven near surface cooled channels for cooled structures
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Application No.: US15342185Application Date: 2016-11-03
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Publication No.: US10443437B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Benjamin Paul Lacy , Christopher Donald Porter , David Edward Schick , Lyndsay Marie Kibler
- 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: F01D25/12
- IPC: F01D25/12 ; F01D11/08 ; F01D5/18 ; F02C3/04

Abstract:
A cooled structure of a gas turbine engine has a main body with a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side portion, a second side portion, and a cavity. A first set of cooling air micro-channels extends from the cavity and is arranged along the first side portion. A second set of cooling air micro-channels extends from the cavity and is arranged along the second side portion. The first and second set of cooling air micro-channels have turning portions positioned adjacent each other and interwoven exhaust ends originating from each opposing side micro-channel. Each interwoven exhaust end extends around the opposing turning portion and is configured to exhaust cooling air from a plurality of exhaust ports positioned generally radially outward from the turning portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180119570A1 Interwoven Near Surface Cooled Channels for Cooled Structures Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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