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US 5,291,732 AGranted
Combustor liner support assembly
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorEly E. Halila
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Abstract
A support assembly for a gas turbine engine combustor includes an annular frame having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart tenons, and an annular combustor liner disposed coaxially with the frame and including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart tenons circumferentially adjoining respective ones of the frame tenons for radially and tangentially supporting the liner to the frame while allowing unrestrained differential thermal radial movement therebetween.
Claims9
A support assembly for a gas turbine engine combustor having an axial centerline axis comprising:
- a dome assembly;
- an annular frame having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, radially extending tenons;
- an annular combustor liner disposed coaxially with said frame and spaced radially therefrom, said liner including:
- a forward end having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart mounting holes;
- an aft end having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, radially extending tenons circumferentially adjoining respective ones of said frame tenons for radially and tangentially mounting said liner aft end to said frame while allowing unrestrained differential thermal radial movement therebetween;
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- a plurality of radially extending mounting pins each joined at a proximal end to said dome assembly and each having a distal end slidably extending radially through a respective one of said mounting holes for mounting said liner forward end to said dome assembly while allowing unrestrained differential thermal radial movement therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.