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Method and apparatus for a segmented turbine bucket assembly

US8398374B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2References

20Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Herbert Chidsey Roberts · Greenville, US
John E. Greene · Aliso Viejo, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 2010
Grant date	Mar 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49337
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbine bucket that includes a platform and an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform. The airfoil includes a root segment and a tip segment. The root segment includes a first end and a second end. The root first end extends from a radially outer surface of the platform. The root segment extends from the root first end to the root second end. The tip segment includes a tip first end and a tip second end. The tip first end is removably coupled to the root second end. The tip segment extends outward from the root second end to the tip second end.

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