IP Library Granted Patent US 11,697,994
Granted Patent B2
US 11,697,994 · App. 16/784,346 · Granted Jul 11, 2023

CMC component with cooling protection

Inventors: Michael G. McCaffrey (Windsor, CT); Bryan P. Dube (Columbia, CT)
Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
F01D5/183F01D5/284F01D5/288F05D2230/90F05D2260/203F05D2300/6033
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Patent No.
US 11,697,994
App. No.
16/784,346
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine engine component includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) body that includes an interior surface that defines a blind cavity. A barrier coating is disposed on an exterior of the CMC body. A ceramic body in the blind cavity lines at least a portion of the interior surface of the CMC body. The ceramic body defines an open, interconnected network of pores.

Claims (23)

1. A gas turbine engine component comprising:

a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) body including an interior surface defining a blind cavity having only one opening;

a barrier coating disposed on an exterior of the CMC body; and

a ceramic body in the blind cavity and lining at least a portion of the interior surface of the CMC body, the ceramic body defining an open, interconnected network of pores.

2. The gas turbine engine component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the ceramic body has a porosity, by volume, of 15% to 70%.

3. The gas turbine engine component as recited in claim 2 , wherein the CMC body has a porosity, by volume, of 15% or less.

4. The gas turbine engine component as recited in claim 3 , wherein the porosity of the ceramic body is from 30% to 50%.

5. The gas turbine engine component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the ceramic body has carbon inclusions.

6. The gas turbine engine component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the ceramic body is within a forward-most 50% of the CMC body.

7. The gas turbine engine component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the CMC body includes a silicon carbide matrix and silicon carbide fibers, and the ceramic body is formed of silicon carbide.

8. The gas turbine engine component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the CMC body is an airfoil body that defines leading and trailing ends and first and second sides that join the leading and trailing ends.

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,

the turbine section having an airfoil that includes

a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) airfoil body defining leading and trailing ends and first and second sides that join the leading and trailing ends, the CMC airfoil body including an interior surface defining a radially-extending blind cavity having only one opening,

a barrier coating disposed on an exterior of the CMC airfoil body, and

a ceramic body in the radially-extending blind cavity and lining at least a portion of the interior surface of the CMC airfoil body, the ceramic body defining an open, interconnected network of pores.

10. The engine as recited in claim 9 , wherein the ceramic body has a porosity, by volume, of 15% to 70%.

11. The engine as recited in claim 10 , wherein the CMC airfoil body has a porosity, by volume, of 15% or less.

12. The engine as recited in claim 11 , wherein the porosity of the ceramic body is from 30% to 50%.

13. The engine as recited in claim 9 , wherein the ceramic body has carbon inclusions.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057339/0371 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2020
From: MCCAFFREY, MICHAEL G.; DUBE, BRYAN P.
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051748/0562 →
Continuity (1)
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