US Patent Issued to Siemens Energy Global on Aug. 26 for "Manifold for turbine blade of gas turbine engine" (Florida, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,644, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Manifold for turbine blade of gas turbine engine" was invented by Yevgeniy P. Shteyman (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Phillip W. Gravett (Orlando, Fla.) and Stephen Williamson (McAdenville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine blade includes a platform, a blade airfoil attached to one side of the platform, a blade root attached to the other side of the platform, a manifold attached to the blade root. The blade root defines a first cooling passage and a second cooling passage. The manifold includes an outer wall, a first compartment having a firs...