IP Library Granted Patent US 10,907,480
Granted Patent B2
US 10,907,480 · App. 16/146,385 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Ribbed pin fins

Inventor: Benjamin Heneveld (Arlington, MA)
Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,907,480
App. No.
16/146,385
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blade body of a turbine blade, which defines an interior cavity fluidly communicative with coolant, is provided. The blade body includes an interior surface and one or more pins extending from the interior surface. The interior surface and the one or more pins are disposable to thermally interact with the coolant. At least one of the one or more pins includes a first section and a second section interposed between the first section and the interior surface. The first section has a larger cross-sectional area than the second section.

Claims (40)

1. A blade body of a turbine blade, which defines an interior cavity fluidly communicative with coolant, the blade body comprising:

first and second interior surfaces; and

one or more pins extending from the first interior surface toward the second interior surface,

the first and second interior surfaces and the one or more pins being disposable to thermally interact with the coolant, and

at least one of the one or more pins comprising a first section and a second section interposed between the first section and the interior surface with the first section having a larger cross-sectional area than the second section,

wherein the at least one of the one or more pins comprises a tapered cylindrical exterior surface, a fillet that leads from the first interior surface to the tapered cylindrical exterior surface, a blunt distal tip that terminates at a distance from the second surface and one of:

multiple ribs protruding from a local plane of the tapered cylindrical exterior surface along an axial length thereof between the fillet and the blunt distal tip; and

multiple protrusions protruding in multiple rows from a local plane of the tapered cylindrical exterior surface along the axial length thereof exclusively between the fillet and the blunt distal tip.

2. The blade body according to claim 1 , wherein the blade body comprises an exterior surface fluidly communicative with combustion products of a gas turbine engine.

3. The blade body according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more pins extend between the first and second interior surfaces in a pin array.

4. The blade body according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more pins extend as a first set of pins from the first interior surface in a first pin array and as a second set of pins from the second interior surface in a second pin array.

5. The blade body according to claim 1 , wherein each of the multiple ribs comprises self-similar ribs protruding therefrom.

6. The blade body according to claim 1 , wherein each of the multiple protrusions comprises self-similar protrusions protruding therefrom.

7. A turbine blade, comprising:

a platform;

a root extending radially inwardly from the platform; and

a blade body extending radially outwardly from the platform,

at least the blade body defining an interior cavity fluidly communicative with coolant,

the blade body comprising first and second interior surfaces and one or more pins extending from the first interior surface toward the second interior surface,

the first and second interior surfaces and the one or more pins being disposable to thermally interact with the coolant, and

at least one of the one or more pins comprising a first section and a second section interposed between the first section and the interior surface with the first section having a larger cross-sectional area than the second section,

wherein the at least one of the one or more pins comprises a tapered cylindrical exterior surface, a fillet that leads from the first interior surface to the tapered cylindrical exterior surface, a blunt distal tip that terminates and which terminates at a distance from the second surface and at least one of:

multiple ribs protruding from a local plane of the tapered cylindrical exterior surface along an axial length thereof between the fillet and the blunt distal tip; and

multiple protrusions protruding in multiple rows from a local plane of the tapered cylindrical exterior surface along the axial length thereof exclusively between the fillet and the blunt distal tip.

8. The turbine blade according to claim 7 , wherein the platform, the root and the blade body define the interior cavity.

9. The turbine blade according to claim 7 , wherein the blade body comprises an exterior surface fluidly communicative with combustion products of a gas turbine engine.

10. The turbine blade according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more pins extend between the first and second interior surfaces in a pin array.

11. The turbine blade according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more pins extend as a first set of pins from the first interior surface in a first pin array and as a second set of pins from the second interior surface in a second pin array.

12. The turbine blade according to claim 7 , wherein each of the multiple ribs comprises self-similar ribs protruding therefrom.

13. The turbine blade according to claim 7 , wherein each of the multiple protrusions comprises self-similar protrusions protruding therefrom.

14. A method of building a blade body of a turbine blade, the method comprising:

manufacturing first and second interior surfaces; and

manufacturing one or more pins to extend from the first interior surface toward the second interior surface,

the first and second interior surfaces and the one or more pins being disposable to thermally interact with coolant directed through an interior of the blade body,

at least one of the one or more pins being manufactured to comprise a first section and a second section interposed between the first section and the interior surface with the first section having a larger cross-sectional area than the second section,

wherein the manufacturing of the at least one of the one or more pins comprises manufacturing the at least one of the one or more pins to comprise:

a tapered cylindrical exterior surface, a fillet that leads from the first interior surface to the tapered cylindrical exterior surface, a blunt distal tip that terminates at a distance from the second surface and at least one of:

multiple ribs protruding from the local plane of the tapered cylindrical exterior surface along an axial length thereof exclusively between the fillet and the blunt distal tip; and

multiple protrusions protruding in multiple rows from the local plane of the tapered cylindrical exterior surface along the axial length thereof between the fillet and the blunt distal tip.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein each of the multiple ribs comprises self-similar ribs protruding therefrom and each of the multiple protrusions comprises self-similar protrusions protruding therefrom.

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 Sep 28, 2018
From: HENEVELD, BENJAMIN
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047163/0754 →
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