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US 7,001,151 B2Granted
Gas turbine bucket tip cap
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Z. Wang, Mark J. Bailey, Robert R. Berry, Emilio Fernandez
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Abstract
A tip cap for a turbine blade. The tip cap may include a HS-188 sheet material with a thickness of less than about 0.079 inches (about 2 millimeters) and a number of holes positioned in the sheet material.
Claims16
A tip cap for a turbine blade, comprising:
- a HS-188 sheet material;
- said sheet material comprising a thickness of less than about 0.079 inches (about 2 millimeters);
- and
- a plurality of holes positioned in said sheet material wherein said plurality of holes comprises six (6) holes.
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A tip cap for a turbine blade, comprising:
- a sheet material;
- and
- a plurality of holes positioned within said sheet material;
- said plurality of holes comprises a position on said sheet material according to the coordinates set forth in Table I.
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A turbine blade, comprising:
- an airfoil;
- and
- a tip cap position about a first end of said airfoil;
- said tip cap comprising a sheet material;
- said sheet material comprising a thickness of less than about 0.079 inches (about 2 millimeters);
- and
- a plurality of holes positioned within said sheet material;
- said plurality of holes comprising six (6) holes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.