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Cooling arrangement including alternating pedestals for gas turbine engine components

US11352902B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 2020
Grant dateJun 7, 2022
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Expiry dateNov 28, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas turbine engine component according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an external wall including adjacent bounding pedestals that extend from an external wall surface to establish a cooling passage, and including a common pedestal situated between the adjacent bounding pedestals to establish a first branched section and a second branched section of the cooling passage that join together at a merged section of the cooling passage. A method of fabricating a gas turbine engine component is also disclosed.

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