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US 2016/0109135 A1Published application
Liner Retaining Feature for a Combustor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsKyle Lee Kidder, Charles Lewis Davis, III, Steven Bataille
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Abstract
The present application provides a combustor for use with a gas turbine engine. The combustor may include a liner and a flow sleeve surrounding the liner with the liner and the flow sleeve defining a flow path therebetween. A liner retaining feature extends into the flow path to retain the liner within the flow sleeve. The liner retaining feature may include a bolt therein.
Claims20
A combustor for use with a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a liner;
- a flow sleeve surrounding the liner;
- the liner and the flow sleeve defining a flow path therebetween;
- and
- a liner retaining feature extending into the flow path to retain the liner within the flow sleeve;
- the liner retaining feature comprising a bolt therein.
3 more elements
A method of retaining a liner within a flow sleeve, comprising:
- positioning a liner lug of the liner within a flow sleeve boss of a flow sleeve;
- positioning a bolt into a bolt aperture of the flow sleeve boss to retain the liner within the flow sleeve;
- and
- locking the bolt into place.
1 more element
A combustor for use with a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a liner;
- the liner comprising a liner lug;
- a flow sleeve surrounding the liner;
- the flow sleeve comprising a flow sleeve boss;
- and
- a bolt securing the liner lug to the flow sleeve boss.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.