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US 8,769,954 B2Granted
Frequency-tunable bracketless fluid manifold
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsKevin Michael Fiebig, Joshua Brown, Joseph Nath
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Abstract
A fluid manifold apparatus includes: (a) an array of spaced-apart manifold fittings, each manifold fitting aligned in a predetermined angular orientation. Each manifold fitting includes: (i) a tubular neck; (ii) a pair of spaced-apart tubular arms extending away from a first end of the neck; and (iii) a coupling connected to a second end of the neck; and (b) a plurality of curved tubes, each tube being coupled to one arm of each of two adjacent manifold fittings.
Claims6
A fluid manifold apparatus, comprising:
- (a) an array of spaced-apart manifold fittings, where each manifold fitting comprises:
- (i) a generally tubular neck;
- (ii) a pair of spaced-apart generally tubular arms extending away from a first end of the neck such that the arms and neck collectively define a Y-shape;
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- (iii) a coupling connected to a second end of the neck, wherein the neck and the arms are rotatable as a unit relative to the coupling, wherein each of the couplings is connected to a fuel nozzle inlet stem of a fuel nozzle that is mounted to a combustor of a gas turbine engine;
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- (b) a plurality of curved tubes, each tube being coupled to one arm of each of two adjacent manifold fittings.
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