Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooling assembly for a turbine assembly
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Application No.: US16325196Application Date: 2018-03-14
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Publication No.: US11208899B2Publication Date: 2021-12-28
- Inventor: Thomas Earl Dyson , Nicholas William Rathay , Gustavo Ledezma
- 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: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent Charlotte Wilson
- International Application: PCT/US2018/022307 WO 20180314
- International Announcement: WO2019/177598 WO 20190919
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18

Abstract:
A cooling assembly comprises a pin disposed inside a first chamber of an airfoil. The first chamber is disposed inside the tip end comprising a tip floor. The pin extends from a first end to a second end along a pin axis. The first end is coupled with a first surface of the first chamber and the second end is coupled with an inner floor surface of the tip floor such that the pin increases a structural load support level of the tip floor. A cooling conduit is placed inside the pin through which coolant flows. The cooling conduit is elongated along and extends around a conduit axis and is fluidly coupled with conduit channels disposed between the first and second ends of the pin. The conduit channels direct coolant out of the cooling conduit or direct coolant into the cooling conduit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210332707A1 COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2021-10-28
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