Flow Assisted Integral Splash Plate
OwnerLawrence A. Binek, Frederick M. Rosenbergerinventors
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine case structure includes the unitary combination of: a case wall having an inner surface and an outer surface; a fuel injector protruding inward from the case wall and having an outlet; and a splash plate having a first face and a second face. The fuel injector outlet faces the second face. A support connects the splash plate to the case wall and the fuel injector. The support directs air to a gap between the splash plate and the injector.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine case structure comprising the unitary combination of:
- a case wall having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- a fuel injector protruding inward from the case wall and having an outlet;
- a splash plate having a first face and a second face, the fuel injector outlet facing the second face;
- and
- a support connecting the splash plate to the case wall and the fuel injector,
- wherein the support comprises at least one air passageway with an air outlet opening between the splash plate and the fuel injector and positioned so that an air exiting the air outlet opening mixes with fuel exiting the fuel injector outlet.
A gas turbine engine case structure comprising the unitary combination of:
- a case wall having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- a fuel injector protruding inward from the case wall and having an outlet;
- a splash plate having a first face and a second face, the fuel injector outlet facing the second face;
- and
- a support connecting the splash plate to the case wall and the fuel injector,
- wherein the support comprises at least one air passageway with:
- at least one air inlet;
- and
- an air outlet opening between the splash plate and the fuel injector and positioned so that an air exiting the air outlet opening mixes with fuel exiting the fuel injector outlet.
A gas turbine engine case structure comprising the unitary combination of:
- a case wall having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- a fuel injector protruding inward from the case wall and having an outlet;
- a splash plate having a first face and a second face, the fuel injector outlet facing the second face;
- and
- a support connecting the splash plate to the case wall and the fuel injector,
- wherein the support comprises means for directing air to a gap between the splash plate and the injector to mix with fuel discharged from the fuel injector outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.