IP Library Granted Patent US 10,100,646
Granted Patent B2
US 10,100,646 · App. 13/565,877 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Gas turbine engine component cooling circuit

Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, CT); Steven Bruce Gautschi (Naugatuck, CT); San Quach (East Hartford, CT)
Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
F01D5/186B22C9/04B22C9/10B23P15/02F05D2230/14F05D2230/211F05D2260/204F28F7/00Y10T29/49234
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Patent No.
US 10,100,646
App. No.
13/565,877
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body portion, a cooling circuit disposed within the body portion and including at least a first cavity and a microcircuit in fluid communication with the first cavity. A plunged hole intersects at least a portion of the microcircuit.

Claims (31)

1. A component for a gas turbine engine, comprising:

a body portion including an outer wall;

a cooling circuit disposed within said body portion and including at least a first cavity and a microcircuit provided in said outer wall and in fluid communication with said first cavity; and

a plunged hole that extends from said outer wall and that intersects at least a portion of said microcircuit such that a portion of said plunged hole extends past said microcircuit, such that said plunged hole extends to an innermost surface, said plunged hole and said microcircuit intersect at an intersection having an innermost point, and said innermost surface of said plunged hole is farther from an outer surface of said outer wall than said innermost point is from said outer surface; and

a bulged portion or a rib portion extending from said outer wall, wherein said plunged hole extends into said bulged portion or said rib portion.

2. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said body portion is an airfoil of one of a blade and a vane.

3. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said body portion is part of a blade outer air seal (BOAS).

4. The component as recited in claim 1 , comprising multiple rows of plunged holes that intersect said microcircuit.

5. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein an outlet of said plunged hole is angled at an angle between 10 and 30 degrees relative to an exterior surface of said body portion.

6. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said plunged hole intersects one of a forward end portion and a trailing end portion of said microcircuit.

7. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said microcircuit extends from said first cavity toward one of a leading edge and a trailing edge of said body portion.

8. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said microcircuit includes a curved portion, and said plunged hole intersects said curved portion.

9. A gas turbine engine, comprising:

a compressor section;

a combustor section in fluid communication with said compressor section;

a turbine section in fluid communication said combustor section;

a component disposed in at least one of said compressor section and said turbine section, wherein said component includes a body portion including an outer wall;

a cooling circuit disposed within said body portion and having a first cavity, a second cavity, and a microcircuit provided in said outer wall and fluidly connected to said cavity; and

a plunged hole that extends from said outer wall and that intersects at least a portion of said microcircuit such that a portion of said plunged hole extends past said microcircuit, such that said plunged hole extends to an innermost surface, said plunged hole and said microcircuit intersect at an intersection having an innermost point, and said innermost surface of said plunged hole is farther from an outer surface of said outer wall than said innermost point is from said outer surface, wherein said microcircuit extends from said first cavity, and said plunged hole is located proximate a second cavity.

10. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 9 , wherein said plunged hole intersects with a forward end portion of said microcircuit.

11. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 9 , comprising a second cavity adjacent to said cavity, wherein said second cavity includes a bulged portion and said plunged hole extends into said bulged portion.

12. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 9 , wherein said microcircuit includes a curved portion and said plunged hole intersects said curved portion.

13. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 9 , wherein an outlet of said plunged hole is positioned at an angle relative to an exterior surface of said body portion on a pressure side of said body portion.

14. A component for a gas turbine engine, comprising:

a body portion including a pressure side wall and a suction side wall;

a cooling circuit disposed within said body portion and including

a first cavity, a second cavity, and a third cavity, wherein said second cavity and said third cavity are separated by a rib extending from said pressure side wall and a suction side wall, and

a microcircuit provided in one of said pressure side wall and said suction side wall and in fluid communication with said first cavity; and

a plunged hole that extends from said outer wall and that intersects at least a portion of said microcircuit such that a portion of said plunged hole extends past said microcircuit and into said rib.

15. The component as recited in claim 14 , wherein said plunged hole extends to an innermost surface, said plunged hole and said microcircuit intersect at an intersection having an innermost point, and said innermost surface of said plunged hole is farther from an outer surface of said one of said pressure side wall and said suction side wall than said innermost point is from said outer surface.

16. The component as recited in claim 15 , wherein an outlet of said plunged hole is angled with said outer surface at an angle between 10 and 30 degrees.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE AND REMOVE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11886281 AND ADD PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 14846874. TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054062 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055659/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054062/0001 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Oct 26, 2018
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION / PRATT & WHITNEY
To: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
Reel/Frame 047872/0658 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2012
From: PROPHETER-HINCKLEY, TRACY A.; GAUTSCHI, STEVEN BRUCE; QUACH, SAN
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028715/0416 →
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