IP Library Granted Patent US 11,073,024
Granted Patent B2
US 11,073,024 · App. 16/220,396 · Granted Jul 27, 2021

Shape recessed surface cooling air feed hole blockage preventer for a gas turbine engine

Inventors: Christopher Perron (Tolland, CT); Justin M. Aniello (Ellington, CT); Shawn M. McMahon (West Hartford, CT); Mohamed Hassan (Palm City, FL); Ricardo Trindade (Mansfield, CT); Steven Bruce Gautschi (Milton, MA); David Barger (East Hartford, CT); Brett Alan Bartling (Monroe, CT); Nicholas J. Madonna (North Haven, CT); Robin Prenter (Avon, CT); Ryan Lundgreen (Granby, CT); Christopher Cosher (Vernon, CT)
Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
F01D5/187F01D9/041F01D9/042F05D2240/12F05D2240/81F05D2260/201
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Patent No.
US 11,073,024
App. No.
16/220,396
Granted
Jul 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vane ring for a gas turbine engine component includes a multiple of vanes that extend between an inner vane platform and an outer vane platform, each of the multiple of vanes contains an airfoil cooling circuit that receives cooing airflow through a feed passage located in the outer vane platform and an extension from the outer vane platform, the extension comprises a metering passage in communication with the feed passage.

Claims (21)

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

an inner vane platform around an axis;

an outer vane platform around the axis;

a multiple of vanes that extend between the inner vane platform and the outer vane platform, each of the multiple of vanes contains an airfoil cooling circuit that receives cooling airflow through a respective one of a multiple of feed passages;

a multiple of metering passages in the outer vane platform, each of the multiple of metering passages in communication with one of the multiple of feed passages;

a multiple of secondary passages recessed in the outer vane platform, each of the multiple of secondary passages in communication with a respective one of the multiple of metering passages;

a metering passage in the outer vane platform in communication with one of the multiple of feed passages, wherein a cross-sectional area of the metering passage is circular; and

a secondary passage recessed into a surface of the outer vane platform transverse and in communication with the metering passage, the secondary passage provides a recessed area equivalent to an area of an entrance to the metering passage, wherein the secondary passage forms a slot.

2. The vane ring as recited in claim 1 , wherein the metering passage and the secondary passage are formed in a surface transverse to the axis.

3. The vane ring as recited in claim 2 , wherein the cooling airflow is received in a plenum to scrub along the surface.

4. The vane ring as recited in claim 1 , wherein the cooling airflow passes through the secondary passage under a foreign object stuck in the entrance to the metering passage and thereby passes into the feed passage.

5. The vane ring as recited in claim 1 , wherein the secondary passage recessed in the outer vane platform extends across the circular metering passage.

6. A vane ring for a gas turbine engine component, comprising:

an inner vane platform around an axis;

an outer vane platform around the axis;

a multiple of vanes that extend between the inner vane platform and the outer vane platform, each of the multiple of vanes contains an airfoil cooling circuit that receives cooling airflow through a respective one of a multiple of feed passages;

a hooked rail that extends from the outer vane platform;

a circular metering passage in the hooked rail, the circular metering passage in communication with one of the multiple of feed passages; and

a secondary passage that forms a slot recessed into a surface of the hooked rail transverse and in communication with the circular metering passage, the secondary passage provides a recessed area equivalent to an area of an entrance to the metering passage.

7. The vane ring as recited in claim 6 , wherein the metering passage and the secondary passage are each formed in a surface transverse to the axis.

8. The vane ring as recited in claim 7 , wherein the vane ring is in a second turbine stage.

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 Jan 25, 2019
From: PERRON, CHRISTOPHER; ANIELLO, JUSTIN M.; MCMAHON, SHAWN M.; HASSAN, MOHAMED; TRINDADE, RICARDO; GAUTSCHI, STEVEN BRUCE; BARGER, DAVID; BARTLING, BRETT ALAN; MADONNA, NICHOLAS J.; PRENTER, ROBIN; LUNDGREEN, RYAN; COSHER, CHRISTOPHER
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048138/0158 →
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