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US 2026/0218626 A1Published application
Externally sourced cooling for probe and lead and method of delivery
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsBryan James Hackett, Edward F. Dreger, Eli Warren, Patrick M. Harrington, Hunter Tomick
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Abstract
A probe assembly includes a cup including at least one cooling outlet, and a cap including an inlet, the cap affixed to the cup. The probe assembly also includes hypo tubing affixed to the inlet, and a probe disposed within an interior volume of the cup and the cap, the probe including a lead at least partially disposed within the hypo tubing.
Claims20
A probe assembly comprising:
- a cup including at least one cooling outlet;
- a cap including an inlet, the cap affixed to the cup;
- hypo tubing affixed to the inlet;
- and
- a probe disposed within an interior volume of the cup and the cap, the probe including a lead at least partially disposed within the hypo tubing.
2 more elements
A method of cooling a probe assembly, the method comprising:
- supplying, via hypo tubing, a flow of cooling gas into an inlet of a cap such that the cooling gas flows into the inlet, around a probe, and exits through at least one cooling outlet of a cup.
An assembly comprising:
- a gas turbine engine component;
- and
- a probe assembly affixed to the gas turbine engine component, the probe assembly configured to receive a flow of a cooling gas from a source separate from a gas turbine engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.