Fan casing assembly and method
AssigneeUnison Industries, LLC
InventorsGordon Tajiri, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Yanzhe Yang, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda, Elizabeth Diane Turner
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Abstract
A fan casing assembly, connection assembly and method for moving a fan casing cooler. The fan casing assembly for the turbine engine can include an annular fan casing with a peripheral wall having a flow path defined through the casing. A fan casing cooler can mount along the peripheral wall in order to confront a cooling fluid flow within the flow path in order to cool a fluid through the fan casing cooler.
Claims20
A fan casing assembly, comprising:
- a fan casing cooler having a first surface confronting the peripheral wall and having a first end spaced from a second end and opposing forward and aft edges mounted to a peripheral wall of an annular fan casing to define a flow path along a longitudinal axis of the fan casing;
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- a connection assembly configured to mount the fan casing cooler to the annular fan casing and where the connection assembly includes at least one thermally sensitive connector configured to passively position the fan casing cooler into the flow path in response to a change in a thermal condition.
A connection assembly for mounting a fan casing cooler to an annular fan casing, comprising:
- at least one thermally sensitive connector configured to change shape in response to a change in a thermal condition.
A method of moving a fan casing cooler within an annular passage defined by a fan casing assembly of an aircraft engine, the method comprising:
- passively positioning the fan casing cooler in the annular passage when a first reference temperature is reached;
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- actuating a thermally sensitive connector operably coupled to the fan casing cooler to change shape in response to a change in a thermal condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.