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US 10,294,819 B2Granted
Multi-piece heat shield
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsMatthew Budnick, Conway Chuong, Jonathan Ariel Scott, Darrell Weidner, Chris Bates
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Abstract
An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first casing, a fairing, and a multi-piece heat shield assembly. The fairing is disposed adjacent the first casing. The multi-piece heat shield assembly includes a first shield mounted to the first casing and extending between the first casing and the fairing, and a second shield mounted to the fairing and extending between the fairing and the first casing.
Claims17
An assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a first casing;
- a second casing;
- a plurality of struts extending from the first casing and supporting the second casing;
- a fairing disposed adjacent the first casing;
- and
- a multi-piece heat shield assembly comprising:
- a first shield mounted to the first casing and extending between the first casing and the fairing;
- and
- a second shield mounted to the fairing and extending between the fairing and the first casing, wherein the first shield and the second shield include apertures, each aperture adapted to receive one of the plurality of struts.
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A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a frame having an inner casing, an outer casing, and struts extending between the inner casing and outer casing;
- an annularly shaped fairing disposed adjacent the frame between the inner casing and the outer casing;
- and
- a multi-piece heat shield connected to the frame and the fairing, the multi-piece heat shield comprising:
- a first shield extending between the inner casing and the fairing;
- a second shield spaced from and extending across a portion of the first shield and extending between the fairing and the inner casing;
- and
- a third shield extending between the outer radial casing and the fairing, wherein the first shield, the second shield, and the third shield include apertures, each aperture adapted to receive one of the struts.
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A method comprising:
- connecting a first shield to an upstream portion of an inner radial casing;
- connecting a second shield to a downstream portion of a fairing;
- and
- disposing a third shield comprised of a plurality of arcuate segments spaced circumferentially within an outer radial casing between a plurality of struts that extend between the inner radial casing and the outer radial casing, wherein circumferentially adjacent segments have abutting circumferential edges, and wherein the circumferentially adjacent segments have notches adapted to receive one of the plurality of struts disposed between the circumferentially adjacent segments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.