IP Library Granted Patent US 10,329,916
Granted Patent B2
US 10,329,916 · App. 14/630,814 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Splayed tip features for gas turbine engine airfoil

Inventors: San Quach (East Hartford, CT); Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, CT); Dominic J Mongillo, Jr. (West Hartford, CT); Steven Bruce Gautschi (Naugatuck, CT)
Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
F01D5/147B22C9/103F01D5/187F01D5/284F05D2230/21F05D2240/304F05D2240/307F05D2260/2212F05D2300/6033
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Patent No.
US 10,329,916
App. No.
14/630,814
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A component for a gas turbine engine includes a trailing edge tip corner that at least partially defines a trailing edge cavity and a multiple of corner features within the trailing edge cavity, the multiple of corner features splayed along the trailing edge tip corner.

Claims (18)

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

a tip between a suction side and a pressure side to define a trailing edge cavity bounded by said tip and a trailing edge, a trench within said tip, said trench angled to direct a cooling flow against a flow direction of a working gas;

a trailing edge tip corner that at least partially defines said trailing edge cavity; and

a multiple of corner features within said trailing edge cavity, said multiple of corner features splayed along said trailing edge tip corner, wherein said multiple of corner features define a respective multiple of channels each with an exit, each said exit recessed within said trench, said multiple of corner features includes an inner row and an outer row of features, said inner row and said outer row of features are each of a teardrop shape with a larger end of said inner row and said outer row of features facing each other.

2. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said trailing edge tip corner is defined by a turbine blade.

3. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said multiple of corner features extend between a first and a second sidewall.

4. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said multiple of corner features extend between said suction side and said pressure side of a turbine blade.

5. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said multiple of corner features defines a respective multiple of constant area channels.

6. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said multiple of corner features defines a respective multiple of divergent channels.

7. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said multiple of corner features defines a respective multiple of convergent channels.

8. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said multiple of corner features are recessed from an outer tip surface and an outer trailing edge surface of said trailing edge tip corner.

9. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said trench is formed in said trailing edge tip corner.

10. The component as recited in claim 9 , wherein said trench is angled with respect to an outer tip surface of said trailing edge tip corner.

11. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said trench is angled at 10 degrees from a vertical plane.

12. A core for an airfoil component, comprising:

a ceramic core that forms a feed passage within the airfoil component; and

a Refractory Metal Core (RMC) mounted to said ceramic core, said RMC includes a multiple of trailing edge apertures to form a multiple of trailing edge features, a multiple of tip apertures to form a multiple of tip features, and a multiple of corner apertures to form a multiple of corner features splayed between said multiple of trailing edge apertures and said multiple of tip apertures, said RMC includes a bend positioned along a corner thereof to arrange an RMC trailing edge to be in-line with a trailing edge of the airfoil component and a forward portion of said corner of said RMC at an angle with respect to an outer tip surface of the airfoil component.

13. The component as recited in claim 12 , wherein said forward portion is angled at an angle α of about 10 degrees from a vertical plane that contains said RMC and at an angle β of about 15-20 degrees from a plane normal to said RMC.

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 Feb 25, 2015
From: QUACH, SAN; PROPHETER-HINCKLEY, TRACY A; MONGILLO, DOMINIC J, JR; GAUTSCHI, STEVEN BRUCE
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035025/0027 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61986951 · May 1, 2014
Related Publication 20160069189A1 · Mar 10, 2016