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US 11,649,964 B2Granted
Fuel injector assembly for a turbine engine
AssigneeRaytheon Technologies Corporation
InventorsLawrence A. Binek, Timothy S. Snyder
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes a monolithic body. The monolithic body includes a splash plate and a fuel nozzle. The splash plate includes a splash plate surface. The fuel nozzle includes a nozzle orifice. The fuel nozzle is configured to direct fuel out of the nozzle orifice to impinge against the splash plate surface.
Claims16
An apparatus for a turbine engine, comprising:
- a fuel vaporizer;
- and
- a monolithic body including a splash plate and a fuel nozzle, the splash plate including a splash plate surface, the fuel nozzle including a nozzle orifice, the fuel nozzle configured to direct fuel out of the nozzle orifice to impinge against the splash plate surface, the splash plate configured to direct at least some of the fuel against the fuel vaporizer, and a width of the splash plate surface greater than a width of the nozzle orifice;
- a first support member connecting and extending between the splash plate and the fuel nozzle;
- and
- a second support member connecting and extending between the splash plate and the fuel nozzle.
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An apparatus for a turbine engine, comprising:
- an air tube including an air passage;
- a monolithic body including a splash plate and a fuel nozzle, the splash plate including a splash plate surface, the fuel nozzle projecting into the air passage and including a nozzle orifice, the fuel nozzle configured to direct fuel out of the nozzle orifice to impinge against the splash plate surface, and the nozzle orifice having an orifice width that is less than a surface width of the splash plate surface;
- the splash plate arranged within the air passage such that the splash plate is configured to direct at least some of the fuel against an inner sidewall surface of the air tube;
- a first support member connecting and extending between the splash plate and the fuel nozzle;
- and
- a second support member connecting and extending between the splash plate and the fuel nozzle.
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An apparatus for a turbine engine, comprising:
- a structure including a fluid passage, the structure configured to direct an axial fluid flow through the fluid passage;
- a monolithic body including a turbine engine case, a fuel nozzle and a splash plate;
- the turbine engine case spaced from the structure;
- the fuel nozzle projecting out from the turbine engine case towards the structure, the fuel nozzle including a nozzle orifice;
- the splash plate arranged within the fluid passage and including a splash plate surface;
- the fuel nozzle configured to direct fuel out of the nozzle orifice to impinge against the splash plate surface, and the splash plate configured to disperse the fuel that impinges against the splash plate surface into the axial fluid flow;
- a first support member connecting and extending between the splash plate and the fuel nozzle;
- and
- a second support member connecting and extending between the splash plate and the fuel nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.