Patent ID: 11952918
Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 6:
7. A turbomachine comprising:
a compressor section;
a combustion section; and
a turbine section comprising at least one stator vane, wherein the at least one stator vane comprises:
a platform defining an opening;
an airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side wall, and a pressure side wall, the airfoil extending radially between a base and a tip, wherein at least one of the base or the tip includes a protrusion, the protrusion extending into the opening of the platform such that the platform surrounds the protrusion of the airfoil;
a braze joint disposed between and fixedly coupling the platform and the protrusion of the airfoil; and
a cooling circuit defined in the platform to cool the braze joint, the cooling circuit including one or more inlet channels,
one or more outlet channels, and a plenum fluidly coupled to the one or more inlet channels and the one or more outlet channels defined entirely in the platform.