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Granted Patent B2
US 11,506,129 · App. 16/858,036 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Feather seal mateface cooling pockets

Inventor: Nicholas M. LoRicco (Agawam, MA)
Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
F02C7/28F02C7/12F05D2220/323F05D2240/55
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,506,129
App. No.
16/858,036
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A component for a gas turbine engine includes a mateface with a purge flow interface, the mateface comprises a pocket located in communication with a feather seal slot in a mateface. A vane for a gas turbine engine includes a platform that extends from the airfoil, the platform comprising a mateface with a feather seal slot and a pocket in communication with the feather seal slot, wherein the pocket is of a cross-sectional shape larger than the feather seal slot.

Claims (16)

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

a purge flow interface that comprises a pocket located in communication with a feather seal slot in a mateface, the pocket of a cross sectional shape larger than that of the feather seal slot; wherein the pocket is contoured with respect to a gas path surface; wherein the pocket comprises a multiple of slots.

2. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein a cross sectional shape is non-rectilinear.

3. The component as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a multiple of passages in communication with the pocket, an entry to each of the multiple of passages receive a portion of a cooling airflow that is also communicated into an airfoil.

4. The component as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a multiple of heat transfer features within the pocket.

5. The component as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a multiple of pedestals within the pocket to at least partially support a feather seal.

6. The component as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a feather seal gap standoff feature within the pocket to interface with an edge of a feather seal.

7. A vane for a gas turbine engine, comprising:

an airfoil; and

a platform that extends from the airfoil, the platform comprising a mateface with a feather seal slot and a pocket in communication with the feather seal slot, wherein the pocket is larger than the feather seal slot; wherein the pocket is contoured with respect to a gas path surface of the platform; wherein the pocket comprises a multiple of slots.

8. The vane as recited in claim 7 , wherein a cross sectional shape is non-rectilinear.

9. The vane as recited in claim 7 , further comprising a multiple of passages in communication with the pocket.

10. The vane as recited in claim 9 , wherein the multiple of passages in communication with the pocket receive a portion of a cooling airflow that is also communicated into the airfoil.

11. The vane as recited in claim 10 , further comprising a multiple of heat transfer features within the pocket.

12. The vane as recited in claim 10 , further comprising a multiple of pedestals to at least partially support the feather seal within the pocket.

13. The vane as recited in claim 7 , further comprising a feather seal gap standoff feature located to interface with an edge of the feather seal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2020
From: LORICCO, NICHOLAS M.
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052586/0244 →
Continuity (1)
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