Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CMC blade with internal support
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Application No.: US15670291Application Date: 2017-08-07
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Publication No.: US10724380B2Publication Date: 2020-07-28
- Inventor: Robert Charles Groves, II , Ronald Scott Bunker
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: McGarry Bair PC
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18 ; F01D5/30 ; F01D5/28 ; F01D11/10 ; F01D5/14 ; F01D5/22

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine turbine blade includes internal structural support radially supporting aerodynamic fairing.Strut radially extends away from root of support. Fairing includes hollow fairing airfoil surrounding strut and extending from fairing platform to blade tip shroud at tip of the fairing airfoil. A support cap attached to radially outer end of strut outwardly restrains fairing. Seal teeth may extend outwardly from the support cap. Internal cooling air flow path may extend radially through support. Fairing may be made from material lighter in weight than the support. Fairing material may be ceramic matrix composite and support material may be metallic. Blades may be mounted in rim of disk by roots disposed in slots through rim. Annular plate mounted to, upstream of, and proximate web of disk defines in part cooling airflow path to slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190040746A1 CMC BLADE WITH INTERNAL SUPPORT Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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