IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,329,917
Granted Patent B2
US 10,329,917 · App. 14/767,922 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Gas turbine engine component external surface micro-channel cooling

Inventor: John Quitter (Farmington, CT)
Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,329,917
App. No.
14/767,922
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine engine component that includes a structure having a surface which includes multiple cooling channels having a width of 20-30 μm and a depth of 25-50 μm.

Claims (23)

1. A gas turbine engine component comprising:

a structure having a surface, the surface including multiple cooling channels having a width of 20-30 μm and a depth of 25-50 μm, wherein the structure includes a substrate, a thermal barrier coating is adhered to the substrate with a bond coat having a uniform thickness, the thermal barrier coating providing the surface with the channels provided only in the thermal barrier coating such that the bond coat is arranged on a side of the thermal barrier coating opposite the channels, wherein the cooling channels are arranged in an intersecting pattern.

2. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein the surface is a line-of-sight surface.

3. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein the structure is an airfoil having an internal cooling passage.

4. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a nickel alloy, and the thermal barrier coating is a ceramic.

5. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling channels include a generally U-shaped cross-section.

6. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling channels include a generally V-shaped cross-section.

7. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling channels form pyramid shaped structures.

8. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling channels are arranged at acute angles relative to one another.

9. A gas turbine engine component comprising:

a structure having a surface, the surface including multiple cooling channels having a width of 20-30 μm and a depth of 25-50 μm, wherein the structure includes a substrate, a thermal barrier coating is adhered to the substrate with a bond coat having a uniform thickness, the thermal barrier coating providing the surface with the channels provided only in the thermal barrier coating such that the bond coat is arranged on a side of the thermal barrier coating opposite the channels, wherein the cooling channels are arranged in a circular pattern.

10. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 9 , wherein the surface is a line-of-sight surface.

11. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 9 , wherein the structure is an airfoil having an internal cooling passage.

12. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 9 , wherein the substrate is a nickel alloy, and the thermal barrier coating is a ceramic.

13. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 9 , wherein the cooling channels include a generally U-shaped cross-section.

14. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 9 , wherein the cooling channels include a generally V-shaped cross-section.

15. A gas turbine engine component comprising:

a structure having a surface, the surface including multiple cooling channels having a width of 20-30 μm and a depth of 25-50 μm, wherein the structure includes a substrate, a thermal barrier coating is adhered to the substrate with a bond coat having a uniform thickness, the thermal barrier coating providing the surface with the channels provided only in the thermal barrier coating such that the bond coat is arranged on a side of the thermal barrier coating opposite the channels, wherein the cooling channels provide a circular recess without circumscribing the structure.

16. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 15 , wherein the surface is a line-of-sight surface.

17. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 15 , wherein the structure is an airfoil having an internal cooling passage.

18. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 15 , wherein the substrate is a nickel alloy, and the thermal barrier coating is a ceramic.

19. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 15 , wherein the cooling channels include a generally U-shaped cross-section.

20. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 15 , wherein the cooling channels include a generally V-shaped cross-section.

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 61772870 · Mar 5, 2013
Related Publication 20150377034A1 · Dec 31, 2015