Patent ID: 7997856

Claim:
A stator heat shield for a gas turbine, the gas turbine having a rotor defining an axis of rotation, the stator heat shield comprising: an outside surface facing a hot gas path of the gas turbine when in an installed configuration, an inside surface facing away from the outside surface, and a circumferential end face; a plurality of ribs on the inside surface, each rib extending axially when in the installed configuration with respect to the axis of rotation and being circumferentially spaced apart from one another; at least one baffle plate positioned on the inside surface and in contact with the plurality of ribs; at least one groove formed in the end face and into which at least one sealing element can be inserted; a plurality of bores spaced from the at least one groove in the direction of the outside surface on the end face at one end of each bore and opening at the other end of each bore on the inside surface, the plurality of bore being axially spaced apart; and a recess on the end face spaced from the groove in the direction of the outside surface, said recess being open only toward the outside surface and extending in the axial direction over the plurality of bores with the bores opening into the recess.