US 11,814,974 B2
Internally cooled turbine tip shroud component
Sudhakar Bollapragada, San Diego, CA (US); Xiaoqiang Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Michael D. Fox, San Diego, CA (US); Branden R. Elam, Oroville, CA (US); Daniel Ryan, La Mesa, CA (US); Karen A. Thole, State College, PA (US); and Thomas M. Corbett, State College, PA (US)
Assigned to Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,005.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035029 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F01D 25/12 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 25/12 (2013.01) [F05D 2260/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tip shoe comprising:
a top surface;
an internal cooling cavity;
a plurality of pins extending radially through the internal cooling cavity;
two slash faces on opposing ends of the internal cooling cavity and proximate opposite ends of the top surface;
a plurality of inlets located centrally on the top surface, extending through the top surface and in fluid communication with the internal cooling cavity; and
a plurality of outlets through each of the two slash faces and in fluid communication with the internal cooling cavity;
wherein, a fluid flow path is provided to the internal cooling cavity through the plurality of inlets, the fluid flow path encompassing the plurality of pins and both slash faces, and having an exit from the internal cooling cavity via the plurality of outlets through each of the two slash faces.