IP Library Granted Patent US 10,301,964
Granted Patent B2
US 10,301,964 · App. 14/620,727 · Granted May 28, 2019

Baffle with flow augmentation feature

Inventors: Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, CT); Atul Kohli (Tolland, CT)
Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,301,964
App. No.
14/620,727
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

One exemplary embodiment of this disclosure relates to a component for a gas turbine engine. The component includes a baffle provided in an internal cavity of the component. The baffle includes a wall having an orifice therethrough, and the baffle further includes a lobe extending from the wall and at least partially covering the orifice.

Claims (19)

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

a first internal cavity and a second internal cavity, the first internal cavity provided adjacent a leading edge of the engine component, and the second internal cavity provided adjacent a trailing edge of the engine component;

a baffle provided in the first internal cavity of the engine component, the baffle including a wall having a plurality of orifices therethrough, the baffle further including a plurality of lobes extending from the wall and at least partially covering a corresponding one of the plurality of orifices;

wherein the plurality of lobes on the baffle are each provided about a respective central axis the central axes of each of the plurality of lobes on the baffle being oriented in a radial direction.

2. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein each lobe of the plurality of lobes includes a projection, the projection connected to the wall at a first end and spaced-apart from the wall at a second end.

3. The component as recited in claim 2 , wherein the second end of the projection provides an injection orifice.

4. The component as recited in claim 3 , wherein the projection is inclined at an angle of less than or equal to 30°, relative to the wall, adjacent the injection orifice.

5. The component as recited in claim 3 , including a source of fluid, the fluid configured to flow adjacent the baffle, and wherein a portion of the fluid flows through the plurality of orifices of the wall and is directed through the injection orifice by the projection.

6. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the baffle is a first baffle, and wherein the second internal cavity includes a second baffle.

7. The component as recited in claim 6 , wherein the first baffle has a perimeter, the first baffle including a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side, wherein the plurality of orifices and the plurality of lobes are included on both the pressure side and the suction side.

8. The component as recited in claim 7 wherein the second baffle includes a substantially planar wall, the wall including a plurality of orifices and a plurality of lobes projecting therefrom to at least partially cover a corresponding orifice.

9. The component as recited in claim 8 , wherein the plurality of lobes on the second baffle are provided about a central axis, the central axis being axially oriented.

10. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein the component is a stator vane.

11. A gas turbine engine, comprising:

a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section;

a component provided in one of the compressor section, combustor section, and the turbine section, the component having an internal cavity, wherein a baffle is provided in the internal cavity, the baffle including a wall and a plurality of orifices provided through the wall, the baffle further including a plurality of lobes extending from the wall and at least partially covering a corresponding one of the plurality of orifices;

wherein the plurality of lobes on the baffle are each provided about a respective central axis, the central axes of each of the plurality of lobes on the baffle being oriented in a radial direction.

12. The engine as recited in claim 11 , wherein the lobe includes a projection, the projection connected to the wall at a first end and spaced-apart from the wall at a second end.

13. The engine as recited in claim 12 , wherein the second end of the projection provides an injection orifice.

Assignments (3)
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 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61938867 · Feb 12, 2014
Related Publication 20150226085A1 · Aug 13, 2015
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