US Patent Issued to DOOSAN ENERBILITY on May 20 for "Blade, rotary machine and gas turbine including same, and blade installation method" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,534, issued on May 20, was assigned to DOOSAN ENERBILITY Co. LTD. (Changwon, South Korea).

"Blade, rotary machine and gas turbine including same, and blade installation method" was invented by Min Soo Seo (Changwon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade for a rotary machine includes an airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a root part located at a lower portion of the airfoil, and a platform part located between the root part and the airfoil and having a first side surface and a second side surface spaced apart from each other. The first side surface includes a first reference surface and a first inclined su...