US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology on May 19 for "Trailing edge cooling circuit for turbomachine airfoil" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,116, issued on May 19, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Trailing edge cooling circuit for turbomachine airfoil" was invented by Brandon Lee Cox (Greenville, S.C.) and David W. Weber (Simpsonville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airfoil includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pressure side wall and a suction side wall each extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The pressure side wall and the suction side wall define a main body region and a trailing edge region. The main body region extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge region and defines an up...