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US 2016/0108748 A1Published application
Gas turbine engine with dove-tailed tobi vane
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorMeggan HARRIS
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Abstract
A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a TOBI module which includes a TOBI housing. The TOBI housing has a slot. A vane including a dovetail is removably received within the slot.
Claims20
A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising:
- a TOBI module including a TOBI housing, the TOBI housing having a slot;
- and
- a vane including a dovetail removably received within the slot.
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a combustor section including a combustor assembly;
- a turbine section having a first fixed stage;
- and
- wherein the combustor assembly includes a TOBI module having a TOBI housing, the TOBI housing having a slot, and an array of vanes providing the first fixed stage and including a dovetail removably received within the slot.
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A fixed stage of a gas turbine engine comprising:
- an annular structured fixed to an engine static structure and including multiple circumferentially arranged axially extending slots;
- and
- an array of vanes removable mounted in the slots, the vanes including airfoils extending radially outward from the slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.