Patent attributes
Component for gas turbine engines are described. The components include a component wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface and a cooling hole formed within the component wall. The cooling hole has an inlet formed in the inner wall surface and an outlet formed in the outer wall surface and defines a fluid path through the component wall. The cooling hole has a metering section extending from the inlet to a transition point and a diffusing section extending from the transition point to the outlet. The metering section is defined by a uniform geometry and the diffusing section is defined by a lobed portion that extends from the transition point toward the outlet. The lobed portion has a first lobe and a second lobe divided by a ridge surface and each lobe defines continuous curved surfaces along the length of the ridge surface.
