Thermal blanket for gas turbine engine
AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorRam KULATHU
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Abstract
The thermal blanket can be used for shielding an engine component. The thermal blanket has a window providing visual access to the engine component. The thermal blanket can have a non-transparent portion having an opening extending across the thickness of the non-transparent portion, the opening delimited by an internal edge of the non-transparent portion, and a transparent portion of transparent material in the opening, the transparent portion secured to the internal edge of the non-transparent portion.
Claims20
An aircraft engine comprising a thermal blanket extending over an engine component, the thermal blanket having a non-transparent portion having a thickness, and an opening extending across the thickness, the opening delimited by an internal edge of the non-transparent portion, and a transparent portion composed of transparent material in the opening, the transparent portion secured to the internal edge of the non-transparent portion, the transparent material of the transparent portion configured for allowing visual access to the engine component across the thermal blanket.
A thermal blanket for covering an engine component, the thermal blanket comprising a non-transparent portion having a thermal insulation layer sandwiched between barrier layers, and an opening extending across the thickness of the non-transparent portion, the opening delimited by an internal edge of the non-transparent portion, and a transparent portion of transparent material in the opening, the transparent portion having an external edge protruding and secured between corresponding edges of the barrier layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.