Stator vane having reinforced braze joint
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsVictor H. S. Correia, Kevin G. McAllister
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine stator vane includes a groove extending laterally in an outer surface at one end thereof between leading and trailing edges for receiving a brazing material. The vane may be joined to an arcuate band having a complementary groove extending colinearly with the airfoil groove to collectively define therebetween an enlarged crevice for receiving the brazing material to form a reinforcing pin therein.
Claims11
A gas turbine engine stator vane comprising a hollow airfoil having an outer surface extending laterally between a leading edge and a trailing edge and longitudinally between first and second opposite ends, said outer surface adjacent said first end having at least one groove therein extending at least in part laterally between said leading and trailing edges for receiving a brazing material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.