Single-cast, high-temperature thin wall gas turbine component
AssigneeAllison Engine Company, Inc.
InventorsKurt F. O'Connor, James P. Hoff, Donald J. Frasier, Ralph E. Peeler, Heidi Mueller-Largent, Floyd F. Trees, James R. Whetstone, John H. Lane, Ralph E. Jeffries
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Abstract
A gas turbine component that includes a very thin wall. The gas turbine component being of a single-piece, single-cast structure. In one form of the gas turbine component it is formed of a superalloy composition and is capable of withstanding gases impinging upon the walls at temperatures greater than 4000.degree. F.
Claims5
A gas-turbine blade comprising a single piece, single-cast, multi-wall structure having at least one very thin wall having a thickness of less than 0.03 inches.
A gas-turbine component comprising a single piece, single-cast, multi-wall structure having at least one very thin wall having a thickness of less than 0.03 inches.
A gas-turbine nozzle comprising a single piece, single-cast, multi-wall structure having at least one very thin wall having a thickness of less than 0.03 inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.