US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Nov. 3 for "Gas turbine wall member having film cooling holes and manufacturing method thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,963, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Gas turbine wall member having film cooling holes and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Yasuharu Kamoi (Saitama, Japan) and Toshiyuki Tsuji (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a wall member such as the liner of a combustor for a gas turbine engine having a through hole inclined from the vertical direction which can be favorably manufactured by the AM method. In cross section, the through hole includes a shaped part having an upper half part and a lower half part, the upper half part being more acute than the lower half part."

The ...