IP Library Granted Patent US 9,828,857
Granted Patent B2
US 9,828,857 · App. 14/482,303 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Repaired or remanufactured blade platform for a gas turbine engine

Inventors: Jason Huxol (Hondo, TX); Jayson Houston (San Antonio, TX); Mark Towner (Kenedy, TX); Leissner Ferdinand Poth, III (San Antonio, TX)
Assignee: PW POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
F01D5/005F05D2230/237F05D2240/80F05D2250/74
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Patent No.
US 9,828,857
App. No.
14/482,303
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A article of manufacture, the article having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1, and wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected, define profile sections at each distance Z in inches to form a portion of a rotor blade.

Claims (20)

1. An article of manufacture, the article having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1, and wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define profile sections at each distance Z in inches to form a portion of a rotor blade.

2. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 1 , wherein the portion of said rotor blade is a platform puck and a portion of a platform.

3. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 2 , wherein said platform puck is electrical discharge machined.

4. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 3 , wherein said platform puck is brazed to said platform.

5. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 4 , wherein said platform puck and said portion of a platform lies in an envelope within +/−.0.160 inches in a direction normal to any article surface location.

6. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 1 , wherein said nominal profile lies in an envelope within +/−.0.160 inches in a direction normal to any article surface location.

7. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 1 , wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1 are scaled by a constant to provide a scaled-up or scaled-down profile.

8. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 7 , wherein said nominal profile lies in an envelope within +/−.0.160 inches in a direction normal to any article surface location.

9. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 1 , wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of Z set forth in TABLE 1 are scaled by a constant to provide a scaled-up or scaled-down profile.

10. A rotor blade having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1, and wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define profile sections at each distance Z in inches to form a platform puck brazed to a portion of a platform.

11. The rotor blade as recited in claim 10 , wherein said platform puck is electrical discharge machined.

12. The rotor blade as recited in claim 11 , wherein said platform puck is brazed to said platform.

13. The rotor blade as recited in claim 12 , wherein said platform puck and said portion of a platform lies in an envelope within +/−.0.160 inches in a direction normal to any article surface location.

14. The rotor blade as recited in claim 12 , wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1 are scaled by a constant to provide a scaled-up or scaled-down profile.

15. The rotor blade as recited in claim 12 , wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of Z set forth in TABLE 1 are scaled by a constant to provide a scaled-up or scaled-down profile.

16. A rotor blade having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1, wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define profile sections at each distance Z in inches to form a platform puck brazed to a portion of a platform, the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1 are scaled by a constant to provide a scaled-up or scaled-down profile.

17. The rotor blade as recited in claim 16 , wherein said platform puck is electrical discharge machined.

18. The rotor blade as recited in claim 16 , wherein said platform puck is brazed to said platform.

19. The rotor blade as recited in claim 16 , wherein said platform puck is brazed to said platform only on a pressure side of said platform.

20. The rotor blade as recited in claim 16 , wherein said platform puck and said portion of a platform lies in an envelope within +/−.0.160 inches in a direction normal to any article surface location.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2018
From: PW POWER SYSTEMS LLC
To: MECHANICAL DYNAMICS & ANALYSIS LLC
Reel/Frame 046308/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 30, 2018
From: PW POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
To: PW POWER SYSTEMS LLC
Reel/Frame 045673/0479 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2014
From: HUXOL, JASON; HOUSTON, JAYSON; TOWNER, MARK; POTH, LEISSNER FERDINAND, III
To: PW POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 033710/0446 →
Continuity (1)
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