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Hollow rotor blade for the future of a gas turbine engine

US7192250B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateAug 3, 2004
Grant dateMar 20, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2260/202
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hollow blade includes an internal cooling passage, an open cavity located at the tip of the blade and bounded by an end wall and a rim and cooling channels that connect the said internal cooling passage to the outer face of the pressure wall. The cooling channels are inclined to the pressure wall in such a way that they emerge on the outer face of the pressure wall near the top of the said rim. A reinforcement of material is present between the rim and the end wall of the cavity along at least one portion of the pressure wall , whereby the said rim is widened at its base adjacent to the said end wall in such a way that the cooling channels emerge near the top of the rim without reducing the mechanical strength of the tip of the blade.

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