US Patent 10221767 Actively cooled blade outer air seal

A turbine component includes a main body with an upstream end and a downstream end. A cooling passage network is interior to the main body and has multiple cooling passages. A shared passage wall in the cooling passage network includes a cross passage opening connecting each passage partially defined by the shared passage wall. The cross passage further including a pressure balancing feature operable to reduce a local pressure differential in a fluid pressure in each adjacent passage at the cross passage.