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US 10,570,746 B2Granted
Gas turbine engine component having vascular engineered lattice structure
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsDominic J. Mongillo, Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley
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Abstract
A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a wall and a vascular engineered lattice structure formed inside of the wall. The vascular engineered lattice structure includes at least one of a hollow vascular structure and a solid vascular structure configured to communicate fluid through the vascular engineered lattice structure.
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A component, comprising:
- a wall;
- a vascular engineered lattice structure formed inside of said wall, with a lattice cavity defined between internal surfaces of said wall and external surfaces of said vascular engineered lattice structure;
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- said vascular engineered lattice structure including at least a hollow vascular structure configured to communicate fluid through said vascular engineered lattice structure, said hollow vascular structure defined by a first set of nodes and a first set of branches each extending from at least one of said first set of nodes, with respective internal passages defined within each node of said first set of nodes and within each branch of said first set of branches for communicating fluid, said internal passages being distinct from said lattice cavity.
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A method for producing a component, comprising the steps of:
- forming a vascular engineered lattice structure inside of a wall of the component, said vascular engineered lattice structure having at least a hollow lattice structure, with a lattice cavity defined between internal surfaces of said wall and external surfaces of said vascular engineered lattice structure;
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- wherein said hollow lattice structure is defined by a first set of nodes and a first set of branches each extending from at least one of said first set of nodes, with respective internal passages defined within each node of said first set of nodes and within each branch of said first set of branches for communicating fluid, said internal passages being distinct from said lattice cavity.
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