IP Library Granted Patent US 10,436,049
Granted Patent B2
US 10,436,049 · App. 15/354,096 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Airfoil with dual profile leading end

Inventor: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, CT)
Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,436,049
App. No.
15/354,096
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An airfoil includes an airfoil section with a dual airfoil profile. The airfoil section includes a double wall. The double wall has an outer wall that defines a primary leading end of the dual airfoil profile and an inner wall that defines a secondary leading end of the dual airfoil profile. The inner wall is spaced from the outer wall.

Claims (28)

1. An airfoil comprising:

an airfoil section having a dual airfoil profile, the airfoil section including a double wall having

an outer wall that defines a primary leading end of the dual airfoil profile, and

an inner wall spaced from the outer wall, and the inner wall defines a secondary leading end of the dual airfoil profile,

wherein the outer wall has an exterior side and an interior side, the inner wall has a plurality of cooling holes that open to the interior side of the outer wall, the airfoil section includes an internal passage and at least one baffle disposed in the internal passage, the internal passage is adjacent the cooling holes such that the cooling holes open to the internal passage, and the outer wall has a plurality of cooling holes that open on one end to the exterior side of the outer wall and on another end to the interior side of the outer wall.

2. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the outer wall is formed of a first material composition, and the inner wall is formed of a second, different material composition.

3. The airfoil as recited in claim 2 , wherein the first material composition is ceramic and the second material composition is metal.

4. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , further comprising first and second endwall sections, the first and second endwall sections trapping the outer wall there between, and at least one of the first or second endwall sections engages the outer wall in a joint, the joint including a mortise hole and a tenon disposed in the mortise hole.

5. The airfoil as recited in claim 1 , wherein the outer wall is formed of a first material composition, the inner wall is formed of a second, different material composition, the first material composition is ceramic, the second material composition is metal, the outer wall has an exterior side and an interior side, and the inner wall has a plurality of cooling holes that open to the interior side of the outer wall.

6. An airfoil comprising:

first and second endwall sections;

an airfoil section between the first and second endwall sections, the airfoil section having a dual airfoil profile with

an outer wall that defines a primary leading end of the dual airfoil profile, the outer wall formed of a first material composition that is a ceramic matrix composite, the first and second endwall sections trapping the outer wall there between, and

an inner wall that defines a secondary leading end of the dual airfoil profile, the inner wall formed of a second, different material composition that is a metal,

wherein the outer wall has an exterior side and an interior side, the inner wall has a plurality of cooling holes that open to the interior side of the outer wall, the airfoil section includes an internal passage and at least one baffle disposed in the internal passage, the internal passage is adjacent the cooling holes such that the cooling holes open to the internal passage, and the outer wall has a plurality of cooling holes that open on one end to the exterior side of the outer wall and on another end to the interior side of the outer wall.

7. The airfoil as recited in claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first or second endwall sections engages the outer wall in a joint, the joint including a mortise hole and a tenon disposed in the mortise hole.

8. The airfoil as recited in claim 6 , wherein the first and second endwall sections also trap the inner wall there between.

9. A gas turbine engine comprising:

a compressor section;

a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section; and

a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor,

at least one of the turbine section or the compressor section including an airfoil having an airfoil section with a dual airfoil profile, the airfoil section including a double wall having

an outer wall that defines a primary leading end of the dual airfoil profile, and

an inner wall spaced from the outer wall, and the inner wall defines a secondary leading end of the dual airfoil profile,

wherein the outer wall has an exterior side and an interior side, the inner wall has a plurality of cooling holes that open to the interior side of the outer wall, the airfoil section includes an internal passage and at least one baffle disposed in the internal passage, the internal passage is adjacent the cooling holes such that the cooling holes open to the internal passage, and the outer wall has a plurality of cooling holes that open on one end to the exterior side of the outer wall and on another end to the interior side of the outer wall.

10. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 9 , wherein the outer wall is formed of a first material composition, the inner wall is formed of a second, different material composition, the first material composition is ceramic, and the second material composition is metal.

11. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 10 , further comprising first and second endwall sections, the first and second endwall sections trapping the outer wall there between.

12. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 11 , wherein the first and second endwall sections also trap the inner wall there between.

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 Nov 17, 2016
From: PROPHETER-HINCKLEY, TRACY A.
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040356/0530 →
Continuity (1)
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