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US 10,119,469 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for modularized inlet silencer baffles
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsValery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Hua Zhang, Bradly Aaron Kippel, Naveen Ghattadhahalli Parmeshwar
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Abstract
A system includes a conduit having a fluid flow path and a silencer baffle disposed in a fluid conduit along the fluid flow path, where the silencer baffle has at least two of the plurality of baffle sections are coupled together via mating interlock structures.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a conduit having a fluid flow path along an axis;
- a silencer baffle comprising a plurality of baffle sections along the axis, wherein the silencer baffle is disposed in a fluid conduit along the fluid flow path, wherein the silencer baffle comprises at least two of the plurality of baffle sections that are coupled together via mating interlock structures configured to engage in a first direction crosswise to the axis, wherein each pair of the mating interlock structures comprises a diverging male joint portion disposed in a diverging female joint portion to form a lockable coupling, wherein the lockable coupling is configured to block movement of the at least two baffle sections in a second direction crosswise to the axis, and wherein the plurality of baffle sections and the mating interlock structures are disposed in a common row along the axis.
A system, comprising:
- a first baffle section of a silencer baffle configured to mount in a fluid conduit along a fluid flow path, wherein the first baffle section is configured to lockably couple together with a second baffle section of the silencer baffle via mating interlock structures configured to engage in a direction crosswise to the fluid flow path, wherein the mating interlock structures comprise a male joint portion disposed in a female joint portion, and wherein the plurality of baffle sections and the mating interlock structures are disposed in a common row.
A system, comprising:
- a first plurality of baffle sections of a silencer baffle configured to mount in a fluid conduit along a fluid flow path, wherein the first plurality of baffle sections are configured to couple together with a second plurality of baffle sections of the silencer baffle;
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- a first support rod configured to extend through a first support rod passage through a first baffle section and a second baffle section in the first plurality of baffle sections in a first direction crosswise to the fluid flow path, wherein the first baffle section and the second baffle section of the first plurality of baffle sections contact each other in the first direction and a second support rod configured to extend through a second support rod passage through a first baffle section and a second baffle section in the second plurality of baffle sections in the first direction crosswise to the fluid flow path, wherein the first baffle section and the second baffle section of the second plurality of baffle sections contact each other in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.