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US 2018/0003387 A1Published application
Bluff body fuel mixer
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsAlbert K. Cheung, James B. Hoke, Randal G. McKinney
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Abstract
A fuel injection system may comprise a mixer and a fuel injector disposed within the mixer. The mixer may comprise an outer housing with an exit port and a bluff body extending across the exit port of the outer housing. A flared surface of the mixer may match a contour of the bluff body.
Claims11
A fuel and air mixer, comprising:
- an outer housing with an exit port;
- and
- a bluff body extending across the exit port of the outer housing.
A fuel injection system, comprising:
- a mixer having a bluff body at an exit port of the mixer;
- and
- a fuel injector disposed within the mixer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.