Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e. – impellers) – With heating – cooling or thermal insulation means – Changing state mass within or fluid flow through working...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-03
2011-05-03
Edgar, Richard (Department: 3745)
Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e., impellers)
With heating, cooling or thermal insulation means
Changing state mass within or fluid flow through working...
Reexamination Certificate
active
07934906
ABSTRACT:
A turbine blade for a turbine engine having a cooling system in the turbine blade formed from at least one elongated tip cooling chamber forming a portion of the cooling system and at least partially defined by the tip wall proximate to the first end. An inner surface of the tip wall may include a plurality of curved bumper protrusions extending from the inner surface radially inward toward the root. The cooling system may include a plurality of ribs generally aligned with the trailing edge, and the curved bumper protrusions may be offset in a chordwise direction relative to the ribs. A throat section may extend between a first forwardmost curved bumper protrusion and a second immediately adjacent downstream curved bumper protrusion and may be offset radially outward from an inner tip surface, thereby creating a first recessed tip slot with a reduced tip wall thickness.
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Gu Xubin
Liang George
Edgar Richard
Siemens Energy Inc.
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