Methods and apparatus for cooling gas turbine engine components
CA 2525283 C · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Lee, Ching-Pang; Bunker, Ronald Scott; Maclin, Harvey Michael
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A gas turbine engine component (40) includes a substrate wall (50) including a first surface (52) and an opposite second surface (54) and a plurality of pores (56) extending through the wall. The component also includes a thermal barrier coating (TBC) (74) extending over the wall first surface wherein the TBC substantially seals the pores at the first surface. The component also includes a plurality of film cooling holes (58) extending through the wall and the TBC wherein the plurality of film cooling holes and the plurality of pores extend substantially perpendicularly through the wall and the TBC.
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- Filed November 3, 2005 and granted March 12, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 3, 2025.
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