Turbine engine exhaust gas temperature sensor
AssigneeUnison Industries, LLC
InventorsJustin D. Bartz, John Patrick Parsons, David Reece Jackson, Elliott M. Hockey
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine can include a compressor section, combustor section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, with the combustor section having a combustion chamber defining an exhaust gas flow path through which combustion exhaust gas flows. An exhaust gas temperature sensor is located at least partially within the exhaust gas flow path. A housing bounds an interior, a spring located within the interior, and a temperature probe extending through the interior and thermally coupled to the exhaust gas flow path. The spring biases a probe casing of the probe against the housing.
Claims16
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a compressor section, combustor section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, with the combustor section having a combustion chamber defining an exhaust gas flow path through which combustion exhaust gas flows;
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- an exhaust gas temperature sensor comprising:
- a housing bounding an interior and having a center opening;
- a probe casing extending from the housing and movable relative to the housing;
- a plunger coupled to the probe casing, the plunger at least partially provided within the interior and extending through the center opening;
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- a biasing element biasing the probe casing and the plunger relative to the housing.
An exhaust gas temperature sensor for determining a temperature in an exhaust gas flow path, the exhaust gas temperature sensor comprising:
- a housing bounding an interior and having a center opening;
- a probe casing extending from the housing and movable relative to the housing;
- a plunger coupled to the probe casing and extending through the center opening;
- a probe located at least partially within the probe casing and the plunger;
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- a biasing element biasing the probe casing and the plunger relative to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.