IP Library Granted Patent US 8,366,391
Granted Patent B2
US 8,366,391 · App. 12/596,224 · Granted Feb 5, 2013

Turbine blade structure

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Patent No.
US 8,366,391
App. No.
12/596,224
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a turbine blade structure that is capable of suppressing quality variations of cast products during the manufacturing of turbine blades. A turbine blade structure wherein the space inside an air foil is divided into a plurality of cavities, partitioned by rib members provided substantially perpendicular to the center line connecting a leading edge and a trailing edge, is provided with partition members that partition the inside of the cavities located in the central portion of the blade, excluding the blade leading-edge side and the blade trailing-edge side, into blade pressure side cavities and blade suction side cavities substantially along the center line, wherein blade leading-edge end portions and blade trailing-edge end portions of the partition members are inserted from one shroud surface side to the other shroud surface side along engagement grooves formed on the rib members.

Claims (8)

1. A turbine blade structure, comprising: an airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a space therewithin divided into a plurality of cavities, partitioned by rib members provided substantially perpendicular to a center line connecting said leading edge and said trailing edge, the plurality of cavities including a cavity located in a leading-edge side of a blade, a cavity located in a trailing-edge side of the blade, and the cavities located in a central portion of the blade between the leading-edge side and the trailing-edge side,

a plurality of partition members that partition insides of the cavities located in the central portion of the blade into a blade pressure side and a blade suction side substantially along the center line, said rib members having engagement grooves,

a labyrinth seal mechanism disposed between the partition members and the engagement grooves, and

wherein blade leading-edge end portions and blade trailing-edge end portions of the partition members are inserted from one shroud surface side to the other shroud surface side along engagement grooves formed on the rib members.

2. A turbine blade structure wherein a space inside an airfoil is divided into a plurality of cavities, partitioned by rib members provided substantially perpendicular to a center line connecting a leading edge and a trailing edge, the turbine blade structure comprising:

partition members that partition insides of the cavities located in the central portion of the blade into a blade pressure side and a blade suction side substantially along the center line,

wherein blade leading-edge end portions and blade trailing-edge end portions of the partition members are inserted from one shroud surface side to the other shroud surface side along engagement grooves formed on the rib members, wherein the partition members comprise spring structures.

3. The turbine blade structure according to claim 2 , wherein the partition members and the engagement grooves are brazed therebetween.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035101/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2009
From: TSUKAGOSHI, KEIZO; HASHIMOTO, TOMOKO; HADA, SATOSHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023383/0037 →