Patent ID: 7708528

Claim:
A gas turbine engine component for use in a turbine section, comprising: an airfoil for use in a turbine section of a gas turbine engine, and extending outwardly of a platform, said platform having a pressure side and a suction side, and said platform having a relatively straight portion on said suction side beginning from a trailing edge of said platform and extending towards a leading edge, and an inwardly curved portion extending into said platform, and in a direction toward said airfoil from said relatively straight portion, and said pressure side of said platform having a relatively straight portion extending from said trailing edge toward said leading edge, and an outwardly curved portion bulging outwardly from said relatively straight portion and away from said airfoil, such that said outwardly curved portion of said pressure side can mate with said inwardly curved portion of said suction side of an adjacent platform, said outwardly curved portion and said inwardly curved portion being spaced away from said trailing edge relative to their respective straight portions; said relatively straight portions of said suction and pressure sides extending generally parallel to each other; and said generally parallel relatively straight portions extending from a trailing edge end of the platform, and said trailing edge end of the platform being non-perpendicular to said relatively straight portions.