IP Library Granted Patent US 10,822,952
Granted Patent B2
US 10,822,952 · App. 15/021,060 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Feature to provide cooling flow to disk

Inventors: Jeffrey S. Beattie (South Glastonbury, CT); Jason D. Himes (Tolland, CT); Matthew Andrew Hough (West Hartford, CT); Christopher Corcoran (Manchester, CT)
Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
F01D5/081F01D5/082F01D5/085F01D5/12F01D5/187F01D5/3007F01D5/3015F05D2220/32F05D2240/81F05D2260/20
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Patent No.
US 10,822,952
App. No.
15/021,060
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a disk, a cover plate providing a cavity at a first axial side of the disk, a passageway including an inlet provided by a notch in at least one of the disk and the cover plate in fluid communication with the cavity, and the passageway extending from the inlet to an exit provided at a second axial side of the disk opposite the first axial side, the exit in fluid communication with the inlet, and the passageway configured to provide fluid flow from the cavity to the exit.

Claims (14)

1. An assembly comprising:

a disk;

a cover plate providing a cavity at a first axial side of the disk, a passageway including an inlet provided by a notch in at least one of the disk and the cover plate in fluid communication with the cavity, and the passageway extending from the inlet to an exit provided at a second axial side of the disk opposite the first axial side, the passageway is provided by an upper surface of the disk, the exit in fluid communication with the inlet, and the passageway configured to provide fluid flow from the cavity to the exit;

a first blade slot in the disk receiving a first blade, the first blade including a first blade shelf providing the passageway;

a second blade slot in the disk receiving a second blade, the second blade including a second blade shelf providing the passageway, wherein the upper surface extends circumferentially between the first and second blade slots, wherein the exit is provided by an opening in at least one of the first and second blade shelves; and

a rimseal adjacent and radially inward of the first and second blade shelves.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first blade includes a first blade platform, the first blade shelf is radially inward of the first blade platform.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein a second exit is provided by an opening in the rimseal.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a fluid source, the fluid source configured to provide fluid to the cavity.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a fluid source, the fluid source configured to provide fluid through the cavity, into the inlet and out of the exit, wherein the fluid source also provides fluid through the cavity and to the first blade.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cavity is configured to separately provide fluid flow from the cavity to at least one of the first and second blades.

7. The assembly as recited in claim 1 , comprising

a tangential on board injector configured to provide fluid flow to the cavity.

8. The assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the cover plate is a one-piece cover plate.

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 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052472/0871 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61886159 · Oct 3, 2013
Related Publication 20160222787A1 · Aug 4, 2016