US Patent Issued to AURELIA TURBINES on Oct. 27 for "Turbine wheel, gas turbine, and method for cooling a turbine wheel" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,657, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to AURELIA TURBINES OY (Lappeenranta, Finland).

"Turbine wheel, gas turbine, and method for cooling a turbine wheel" was invented by Matti Malkamaki (Kokkola, Finland) and Toni Hartikainen (Lappeenranta, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine wheel (100), a gas turbine (200) and a method for cooling a turbine wheel (100) are presented. A turbine wheel (100) has a rotation axis (5), a first side (110) and a second side (120), said sides (110, 120) being opposite sides in a direction of the rotation axis (5). The turbine wheel (100) comprises a first opening (10) at the first side (110) an...