Thermal plug for turbine bucket shank cavity and related method

US9366142B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9366142-B2
Application numberUS-201113283764-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 28, 2011
Priority dateOct 28, 2011
Publication dateJun 14, 2016
Grant dateJun 14, 2016

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Abstract

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A turbine rotor disk includes a row of buckets secured about a radially outer periphery of the rotor disk, each bucket having an airfoil, a platform, a shank and a mounting portion, the mounting portion received in a radial slot formed in the rotor disk such that adjacent buckets in adjacent radial slots are separated by a rotor disk post located between adjacent mounting portions and a shank cavity between adjacent shanks, radially outward of the rotor disk post and radially inward of adjacent platforms. The shank cavity is substantially filled with at least one discrete thermal plug.

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What is claimed is: 1. A turbine rotor disk comprising: a row of buckets secured about a radially outer periphery of the rotor disk, each bucket having an airfoil, a platform, a shank and a mounting portion, the mounting portion received in a radial slot formed in the rotor disk such that adjacent buckets in adjacent radial slots are separated by a rotor disk post located between adjacent mounting portions and by a shank cavity formed between adjacent shanks, radially outward of s…

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    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

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  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

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What does patent US9366142B2 cover?
A turbine rotor disk includes a row of buckets secured about a radially outer periphery of the rotor disk, each bucket having an airfoil, a platform, a shank and a mounting portion, the mounting portion received in a radial slot formed in the rotor disk such that adjacent buckets in adjacent radial slots are separated by a rotor disk post located between adjacent mounting portions and a shank c…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Butkiewicz Jeffrey John, Gen Electric
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F01D5/08. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 14 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).