# US 7,607,889 B2 · Turbine blade and gas turbine equipped with a turbine blade > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,607,889 B2 - Document ID: US7607889B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/586,462 - Filed: 2005-01-12 - Published: 2008-09-25 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2004-01-20 - Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Stefan Baldauf; Hans-Thomas Bolms; Michael Händler; Christian Lerner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607889B2 ## CPC - F01D 5/22: Blade-to-blade connections, {e.g. for damping vibrations} - F01D 11/008: {by spacer elements between the blades, e.g. independent interblade platforms} - F05D 2240/80: Platforms for stationary or moving blades - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract The invention relates to a turbine blade comprising a vane that runs along a blade axis and a platform region, which is located at the root of the vane having a platform that extends transversally to the blade axis. The aim of the invention is to configure a delimitation of a flow channel of a gas turbine in the simplest possible manner. Therefore, the platform is configured by an elastic sheet metal part that rests on the vane. Said part leads to a gas turbine comprising a flow conduit that runs along an axis of the gas turbine, said conduit having an annular cross-section for a working medium and a second vane stage that is situated downstream of a first vane stage, which runs along the axis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A turbine blade, comprising: a blade leaf arranged along a blade axis having a blade tip, a root opposite the tip, a suction side and a pressure side; a platform region arranged at the root of the blade leaf; and a platform arranged at the platform region having a width and extending transversely with respect to the blade axis and partially formed by a first sheet metal component secured to a first abutment arranged on the blade leaf such that the first sheet metal component forms a seal when installed between the first abutment and a second abutment arranged on an axially adjacent turbine blade, wherein the first abutment and the second abutment are each configured as a radial groove protruding in an axial direction of the rotor sufficient to resist an operative radial force of the respective first sheet metal component and the second sheet metal component. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first sheet metal component is resilient and elastic. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The turbine blade as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second abutment is arranged directly on an adjacent turbine blade. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The turbine blade as claimed in claim 3, wherein the platform comprises a second sheet metal component secured to a third abutment arranged on a side of the blade leaf opposite that of the first abutment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The turbine blade as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second sheet metal component is formed from a resilient elastic material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The turbine blade as claimed in claim 5, wherein each abutment is a groove or edge. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second abutment is a bearing support. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first component is not secured to the second abutment when the turbine is not operational. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein during the rotary operation of a rotating turbine blade a self-generated centrifuigal force acting radially outward along the blade axis is generated as a result of the blade rotation and the first sheet metal component is pressed against the second abutment by the self-generated force. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platform region has a blade foot as a load-bearing structure. ### Claim 11 A gas turbine, comprising: a flow duct extending along an axis of the turbine having an annular cross section for a working medium; and a plurality of blade stages having a plurality of annularly arranged turbine blades that extend radially into the flow duct arranged one after another along the axis of the turbine, wherein each turbine blade comprises: a blade leaf arranged along a blade axis having a blade tip, a foot opposite the tip, a suction side and a pressure side; a platform region arranged at the foot of the blade leaf; and a platform arranged at the platform region having a width and extends transversely with respect to the blade axis and partially formed by a first resilient and elastic material secured to a first abutment arranged on the blade leaf such that the first resilient elastic component forms a seal when installed between the first abutment and a second abutment arranged with an axially adjacent turbine blade, wherein the first abutment and the second abutment are each configured as a radial groove protruding in an axial direction of the rotor sufficient to resist an operative radial force of the respective first sheet metal component and the second sheet metal component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first resilient elastic material is formed from sheet metal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 11, wherein, during the rotary operation of a rotating turbine blade a centrifugal force acting from the foot of the blade leaf in the direction of the blade leaf is generated as the result of blade rotation, the first resilient elastic material is pressed against the second abutment by the centrifugal force is fastened to the second abutment by the centrifugal force. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 11, wherein during the operation of a stationary turbine blade in the form of a stationary guide blade, a pressure drop from the foot of the blade leaf acting in the direction of the blade leaf is generated by a cooling medium, the first resilient elastic material is pressed against the second abutment by the pressure drop and is fastened against the second abutment by the resulting pressure. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first resilient elastic material operatively functions as a sealing element. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 11, wherein a continuous boundary of the flow duct is formed between a first turbine blade and an adjacent second turbine blade of the same blade stage by the first resilient elastic component of the first turbine blade and by a second resilient elastic material of a second turbine blade. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first and second resilient elastic materials are formed from sheet metal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 11, wherein a continuous boundary of the flow duct is formed between a first turbine blade of the first blade stage and a second turbine blade of a second blade stage axially adjacent to the first turbine blade, by the first resilient elastic material of the first turbine blade and by a second resilient elastic material of a second turbine blade. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The gas turbine as claimed in claim 11, wherein a first resilient elastic material arranged on a first turbine blade and a second resilient elastic material arranged on a second turbine blade are both secured at a further abutment of either the first or second turbine blades. ### Claim 20 A turbine blade, comprising: a blade airfoil section arranged along a blade axis having a blade tip, a root opposite the tip, a pressure side and a suction side opposite the pressure side; a platform region arranged at the root of the blade leaf; and a platform arranged at the platform region having a width and extending transversely with respect to the blade axis and partially formed by a first bendable metal component secured to a first abutment arranged on the blade leaf such that the sheet metal component forms a seal when installed between the first abutment and a second abutment arranged on an axially adjacent turbine blade, wherein the first abutment and the second abutment are each configured as a radial groove protruding in an axial direction of the rotor sufficient to resist an operative radial force of the respective first sheet metal component and the second sheet metal component.