IP Library Granted Patent US 9,341,068
Granted Patent B2
US 9,341,068 · App. 13/589,233 · Granted May 17, 2016

Blade

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Patent No.
US 9,341,068
App. No.
13/589,233
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blade avoids fretting damage while reducing stress occurring at the neck portion caused by a stress relief groove. The blade is disposed on an outer periphery of a rotor, and includes a blade portion, a dovetail portion for holding the blade on the rotor, a platform portion that connects the dovetail portion and the blade portion, and a stress relief groove that connects a side surface of the platform portion and a blade load bearing surface of the dovetail portion. The dovetail portion has a width that increases toward its bottom side within a range from a connection point between the side surface of the platform portion and the stress relief groove to a connection point between the dovetail portion and the stress relief groove.

Claims (14)

1. A blade disposed on an outer periphery of a rotor, comprising:

a blade portion;

a dovetail portion for holding the blade on the rotor;

a platform portion that connects the dovetail portion and the blade portion; and

a stress relief groove that connects a side surface of the platform portion and a blade load bearing surface of the dovetail portion, the stress relief groove disposed only in a range outside in a widthwise direction of the platform portion relative to the side surface of the platform portion, on a bottom side of the dovetail portion relative to an intersection point between the side surface of the platform portion and the stress relief groove,

wherein the dovetail portion has a width that increases toward the bottom side thereof within a range from a connection point between the side surface of the platform portion and the stress relief groove to a connection point between the dovetail portion and the stress relief groove.

2. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the stress relief groove is formed using a single arc.

3. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the stress relief groove is formed using two different parts of a curved line.

4. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein compressive residual stress by shot peening is given to a surface of the stress relief groove.

5. A rotating machine including a blade disposed on an outer periphery of a rotor, the blade comprising:

a dovetail portion for holding the blade on the rotor;

a platform portion that connects the dovetail portion and the blade; and

a stress relief groove that connects a side surface of the platform portion and a blade load bearing surface of the dovetail portion, the stress relief groove disposed only in a range outside in a widthwise direction of the platform portion relative to the side surface of the platform portion, on a bottom side of the dovetail portion relative to an intersection point between the side surface of the platform portion and the stress relief groove,

wherein the dovetail portion has a width that increases toward a bottom side thereof within a range from a connection point between the side surface of the platform portion and the stress relief groove to a connection point between the dovetail portion and the stress relief groove.

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 Sep 17, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033763/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2012
From: NAGANO, KOTA; ASAI, KUNIO
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029029/0860 →