IP Library Granted Patent US 10,590,785
Granted Patent B2
US 10,590,785 · App. 14/823,394 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Beveled coverplate

Inventor: Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, CT)
Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
F01D9/065F05D2240/11F05D2240/81F05D2250/232F05D2260/201Y02T50/672Y02T50/676
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Patent No.
US 10,590,785
App. No.
14/823,394
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine engine includes a platform that has a gas path side, a non-gas path side, a first mate face, and a second mate face. The second mate face has a beveled edge sloping towards the first mate face. The gas turbine engine also includes a coverplate that includes a first bend, a flat portion substantially parallel to the first mate face and a first wing substantially parallel to the second mate face.

Claims (24)

1. A gas turbine engine component comprising:

a platform having a gas path side, a non-gas path side, a platform floor, a first mate face parallel to the platform floor, and a second mate face having a beveled edge sloping towards the first mate face such that the second mate face forms a first angle with the first mate face; and

a coverplate including a first bend of a second angle that is equal to the first angle, a flat portion coupled to the first mate face and parallel to the first mate face, and a first wing coupled to the second mate face and parallel to the second mate face,

wherein the platform and the coverplate define a cavity therebetween, and a first distance between the first wing and the platform floor is greater than a second distance between the flat portion and the platform floor.

2. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , wherein the platform is an outer diameter platform.

3. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , wherein the platform is an inner diameter platform.

4. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , wherein the coverplate defines an impingement cooling hole.

5. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , wherein the cavity includes an opening for at least one of channel flow cooling and axial flow cooling.

6. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , wherein the second angle is between 10 degrees and 45 degrees.

7. The gas turbine engine component of claim 6 , wherein the second angle is between 20 degrees and 30 degrees.

8. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , further comprising a cooling hole defined by the first wing.

9. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third mate face on the non-gas path side, the third mate face having a beveled edge partially facing the beveled edge of the second mate face,

wherein the coverplate has a second bend and a second wing that partially faces the first wing with the second wing parallel to the third mate face.

10. The gas turbine engine component of claim 9 , wherein the second bend is bent at an angle and the first bend is bent at a transverse of the angle.

11. The gas turbine engine component of claim 9 , wherein the first wing defines a first cooling hole and the second wing defines a second cooling hole.

12. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , wherein the platform and the coverplate define an opening to a core of the gas turbine engine component.

13. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , further comprising a leading edge and a trailing edge wherein the first bend extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge.

14. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , further comprising an airfoil positioned on the gas path side of the platform.

15. A gas turbine engine component comprising:

a platform having a gas path side, a non-gas path side, a platform floor, a first mate face parallel to the platform floor, a second mate face having a beveled edge sloping towards the first mate face such that the second mate face forms a first angle with the first mate face, and a third mate face adjacent the second mate face on the non-gas path side; and

a coverplate including a first bend of a second angle that is equal to the first angle, a flat portion coupled to the first mate face and parallel to the first mate face, a first wing coupled to the second mate face and parallel to the second mate face, a second bend, and a second wing parallel to the third mate face,

wherein the platform and the coverplate define a cavity therebetween, and a first distance between the first wing and the platform floor is greater than a second distance between the flat portion and the platform floor.

16. The gas turbine engine component of claim 1 , wherein the beveled edge of the platform contacts and is coupled to the first wing of the coverplate.

Assignments (4)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2015
From: SPANGLER, BRANDON W.
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036298/0767 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62048079 · Sep 9, 2014
Related Publication 20160069190A1 · Mar 10, 2016