US 12,104,533 B2
Methods and apparatus for gas turbine frame flow path hardware cooling
Ashish Sharma, Garching (DE); Gunter Wilfert, Garching (DE); Andrea Milli, Garching (DE); Raymond Martell, Wyoming, OH (US); Tomasz Berdowski, Warsaw (PL); Piotr Kulinski, Warsaw (PL); and Lukasz Janczak, Warsaw (PL)
Assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/858,277.
Prior Publication US 2021/0332756 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. F02C 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/18 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An engine fairing, the engine fairing comprising:
an outer band and an inner band, the outer band and the inner band connected using a double-walled vane, the double-walled vane including openings to pass cooling air flow from the outer band to an airfoil of the engine fairing, the engine fairing including a lattice structure, the lattice structure to limit vibration of the engine fairing, the double-walled vane including a leading edge and a trailing edge;
a strut extending through a hollow interior of the double-walled vane, wherein cooling air exits the strut through a passage on a side of the strut, the cooling air enters the double-walled vane at the leading edge and exits at the trailing edge; and
an end segment seal, the end segment seal formed on an edge of the engine fairing using an auxetic material, the end segment seal including a curved edge with an acute inner angle, wherein (1) a first layer of the outer band or the inner band forms the curved edge of the end segment seal and (2) a second layer of the outer band or the inner band forms a base of the end segment seal.