US 12,253,009 B1
Instrumented stator with extended internal passages
Bryce T. DeAlessio, Plainville, CT (US); and Joon Won Ha, Glastonbury, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/467,846.
Int. Cl. F01D 1/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 9/06 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 9/041 (2013.01) [B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F01D 9/042 (2013.01); F01D 9/06 (2013.01); F01D 9/065 (2013.01); F01D 25/246 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); F05D 2240/10 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01); F05D 2240/80 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stator cluster, comprising:
inner and outer stator walls;
stator vanes radially interposed between the inner and outer stator walls; and
a stanchion body connected to and extending radially outwardly from the outer stator wall,
at least the stator vanes, the outer stator wall and the stanchion body being formed to define internal paths,
wherein:
each of the internal paths extends through the stanchion body and terminates at an outer surface of the stanchion body,
the stator cluster further comprises hypo tubes which are pluggable into respective terminal ends of each of the internal paths at the outer surface of the stanchion body, and
each hypo tube has a constant width corresponding to a width of the one of the internal paths into which the hypo tube is plugged.