Feature to provide cooling flow to disk

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10822952-B2
Application number	US-201415021060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2014
Priority date	Oct 3, 2013
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• United Technologies Corp
• Raytheon Tech Corp

Inventors

• Beattie Jeffrey S
• Himes Jason D
• Hough Matthew Andrew
• Corcoran Christopher

Classifications

• F01D5/085

  cooling fluid circulating inside the rotor · CPC title

• F01D5/3015

  with side plates · CPC title

• F01D5/082

  on the side of the rotor disc · CPC title

• F01D5/187

  Convection cooling · CPC title

• F05D2240/81

  Cooled platforms · CPC title