Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid rotor blades for turbine engines
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Application No.: US16235079Application Date: 2018-12-28
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Publication No.: US10815786B2Publication Date: 2020-10-27
- Inventor: Matthew Troy Hafner , John McConnell Delvaux , James Zhang , Jeffrey Clarence Jones , Peter de Diego
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agent Charlotte C. Wilson; James W. Pemrick
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F01D5/22 ; F01D5/28

Abstract:
A gas turbine that includes a rotor blade that includes an airfoil. The airfoil is defined between a pressure face and a laterally opposed suction face, the pressure face and the suction face extending axially between opposite leading and trailing edges and radially between an outboard tip and a connection with a root of the rotor blade. The airfoil may include non-integral portions in which: a base portion of the airfoil is made from a first material; and a top portion of the airfoil is made from a second material. The airfoil may include a dovetail joint connecting the top portion to the base portion. The dovetail joint may include a dovetail extending from the top portion being received within a complementary dovetail groove formed in the base portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200208526A1 HYBRID ROTOR BLADES FOR TURBINE ENGINES Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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