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US 8,800,298 B2Granted
Washer with cooling passage for a turbine engine combustor
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsScott A. Ladd, Kevin Joseph Low
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Abstract
A washer for a turbine engine combustor comprises a first surface, a second surface facing generally opposite from the first surface, a bore communicating through the first and second surfaces, and a cooling passage separate from the bore and communicating through the first and second surfaces.
Claims20
A turbine combustor comprising:
- a support shell having a hot side, a cold side, and a mounting passage;
- a stud extending through the mounting passage;
- a retainer attached to the stud on the cold side of the support shell;
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- a washer surrounding the stud and positioned between the support shell and the retainer and in contact with both the support shell and the retainer, the washer having an outer surface in direct contact with an inner end of the retainer, and a shell bearing surface in contact with the support shell, and a washer cooling passage in the washer communicating through the retainer bearing surface and the shell bearing surface.
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A support assembly for a turbine engine combustor comprising:
- a stud extending through a hot side and a cold side of a support shell;
- a retainer attached to the stud on the cold side of the support shell;
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- a washer circumscribing the stud and disposed between the retainer and the support shell, the washer having an outer surface in direct contact with an inner end of the retainer, the washer having a first surface with a protrusion extending from the first surface, an opposite second surface and a cooling passage communicating through the first and second surfaces.
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A turbine engine combustor comprising:
- a support shell with an outer side;
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- a washer disposed on the outer side of the support shell, the washer comprising:
- a first surface;
- a second surface facing generally opposite from the first surface;
- a bore communicating through the first and second surfaces;
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- a cooling passage separate from the bore and communicating through the first and second surfaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.