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Granted Patent B2
US 12,618,330 · App. 18/744,166 · Granted May 5, 2026

Turbine engine airfoil

Inventors: Abdulhalim Twahir (La Prairie, CA); Panagiota Tsifourdaris (Montreal, CA); Francis Gemme (Sainte-Julie, CA)
Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
F01D5/141F01D9/041F05D2250/74
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Patent No.
US 12,618,330
App. No.
18/744,166
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This apparatus includes an airfoil, and the airfoil includes a first end, a second end, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side. The leading edge and the trailing edge are joined by the pressure side and the suction side to provide an exterior airfoil surface extending in a spanwise direction from the first end of the airfoil to the second end of the airfoil. The exterior airfoil surface is formed in conformance with a plurality of cross-section profiles of the airfoil described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1. The Cartesian coordinates are provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by the local axial chord, and a span location. The local axial chord corresponds to a width of the airfoil between the leading edge and the trailing edge at the span location.

Claims (40)

1 . An apparatus for a turbine engine, comprising:

an airfoil including a first end, a second end, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side;

the leading edge and the trailing edge joined by the pressure side and the suction side to provide an exterior airfoil surface extending in a spanwise direction from the first end of the airfoil to the second end of the airfoil;

the exterior airfoil surface formed in conformance with a plurality of cross-section profiles of the airfoil described by a set of Cartesian coordinates which includes each Cartesian coordinate set forth in Table 1;

the Cartesian coordinates provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by the local axial chord, and a span location; and

the local axial chord corresponding to a width of the airfoil between the leading edge and the trailing edge at the span location.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the span location corresponds to a distance from a rotational axis of the turbine engine.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an inner platform connected to the airfoil at the first end of the airfoil; and

an outer platform connected to the airfoil at the second end of the airfoil.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a turbine vane.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the turbine vane is a low pressure turbine vane.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the exterior airfoil surface is an uncoated exterior airfoil surface.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the airfoil is configured without an internal cooling passage.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the airfoil is one of thirty-five airfoils arranged circumferentially about an axis in an annular array.

9 . A stator vane structure for a turbine engine, comprising:

a first platform;

a second platform; and

a plurality of stator vanes arranged circumferentially about an axis in an array, each of the plurality of stator vanes comprising an airfoil;

the airfoil including a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side;

the leading edge and the trailing edge joined by the pressure side and the suction side to provide an exterior airfoil surface extending in a spanwise direction from the first platform to the second platform;

the exterior airfoil surface formed in conformance with a plurality of cross-section profiles of the airfoil defined by a set of Cartesian coordinates which includes each Cartesian coordinate set forth in Table 1, wherein the set of Cartesian coordinates have a tolerance of +/−0.050 inches;

the Cartesian coordinates provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by the local axial chord, and a span location; and

the local axial chord corresponding to a width of the airfoil between the leading edge and the trailing edge at the span location.

10 . The stator vane structure of claim 9 , wherein the span location corresponds to a distance from the axis.

11 . The stator vane structure of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of stator vanes are turbine vanes.

12 . The stator vane structure of claim 9 , wherein the exterior airfoil surface is an uncoated exterior airfoil surface.

13 . The stator vane structure of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of stator vanes consist of thirty-five stator vanes.

14 . A turbine engine, comprising:

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

the flowpath extending through the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section from an inlet into the flowpath to an exhaust from the flowpath;

the turbine section including a plurality of turbine vanes arranged circumferentially about an axis in an array, each of the plurality of turbine vanes comprising an airfoil located in the flowpath;

the airfoil including a first end, a second end, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side;

the leading edge and the trailing edge joined by the pressure side and the suction side to provide an exterior airfoil surface extending in a spanwise direction from the first end of the airfoil to the second end of the airfoil;

the exterior airfoil surface formed in conformance with a plurality of cross-section profiles of the airfoil defined by a set of Cartesian coordinates which includes each Cartesian coordinate set forth in Table 1;

the Cartesian coordinates provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by the local axial chord, and a span location; and

the local axial chord corresponding to a width of the airfoil between the leading edge and the trailing edge at the span location.

15 . The turbine engine of claim 14 , wherein the turbine section includes a high pressure turbine section and a low pressure turbine section, and the low pressure turbine section includes the plurality of turbine vanes.

16 . The turbine engine of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of turbine vanes are part of a first stage of the low pressure turbine section.

17 . The turbine engine of claim 15 , wherein the exterior airfoil surface is an uncoated exterior airfoil surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2025
From: TWAHIR, ABDULHALIM; TSIFOURDARIS, PANAGIOTA; GEMME, FRANCIS
To: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
Reel/Frame 073099/0925 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250382880A1 · Dec 18, 2025
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