Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooling structure for turbomachine
-
Application No.: US13761318Application Date: 2013-02-07
-
Publication No.: US09828872B2Publication Date: 2017-11-28
- Inventor: Benjamin Paul Lacy , Brian Peter Arness , David Edward Schick
- 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 Ernest G. Cusick
- Main IPC: F04D31/00
- IPC: F04D31/00 ; F01D25/12 ; F01D11/24

Abstract:
A cooling structure for a turbomachine. In one embodiment, the cooling structure is for a seal slot of the turbomachine. The cooling structure includes a body coupled to a surface of the seal slot. The body includes a passageway on a first surface of the body for providing a cooling fluid to the seal slot. In an other embodiment, a apparatus includes a first component and a second component adjacent the first component. The apparatus also includes a seal slot extending between the first component and the second component, and a cooling structure positioned within the seal slot. The cooling structure includes a body coupled to a surface of the seal slot. The body has a passageway on a first surface of the body for providing a cooling fluid to the seal slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140219780A1 COOLING STRUCTURE FOR TURBOMACHINE Public/Granted day:2014-08-07
Information query