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US 2014/0174162 A1Published application
Ignitor plug isolation chamber (ipic) for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsBobby J. McLarty, James R. Kennedy, Thomas W. Cashel, III
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Abstract
An Ignitor Plug Isolation Chamber (IPIC) includes a first end cap mountable to a cylinder, the first end cap includes an igniter aperture to receive an ignitor plug. A second end cap mountable to the cylinder, the second end cap includes a ground aperture. The ground connection mounted to the ground aperture.
Claims10
An Ignitor Plug Isolation Chamber (IPIC) comprising:
- a cylinder;
- a first end cap mountable to said cylinder, said first end cap includes an igniter aperture to receive an ignitor plug;
- a second end cap mountable to said cylinder, said second end cap includes a ground aperture;
- and
- a ground connection mounted to said ground aperture.
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A method of testing a gas turbine engine comprising:
- removing an igniter plug from a port in a gas turbine engine;
- threading an instrument into the port of the gas turbine engine;
- and
- threading the igniter plug removed from the port of the gas turbine engine into an Ignitor Plug Isolation Chamber (IPIC).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.