ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,901, issued on April 29, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evandale, Ohio).
"Turbine engine component with deflector" was invented by Kirk D. Gallier (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for a turbine engine for can include an engine component. The engine component can include an interior cooling passage at least partially defining a cooling circuit for passing a flow of cooling fluid through the component. Film holes provide for exhausting a portion of the cooling fluid to an exterior of the component, to form a cooling film along an exterior hot surface of the engine component. A deflector can be po...