Back to results
US 9,810,430 B2Granted
Conjoined grommet assembly for a combustor
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsJonathan P. Sandoval, Randolph J. Smith
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A conjoined grommet assembly for a combustor wall assembly of a gas turbine engine has a first grommet defining at least in-part a first dilution hole, and a second grommet defining at least in-part a second dilution hole. The first and second dilution holes are spaced closely together such that the first grommet is in contact with the second grommet.
Claims16
A combustor assembly for a combustor, comprising:
- a plurality of grommet assemblies, each grommet assembly including
- a first grommet defining at least in-part a first dilution hole;
- and
- a second grommet defining at least in-part a second dilution hole and in contact with the first grommet;
- a combustor heat shield including a hot side and an opposite cold side;
- a combustion chamber defined at least in-part by the combustor heat shield;
- and
- a shell spaced from and opposing the cold side with a cooling cavity defined between the cold side and the shell and containing at least in part the first and second grommets;
- where the first grommet is joined to the combustor heat shield and defines at least in part the first dilution hole communicating through the combustor heat shield;
- where the second grommet is joined to the first grommet and the combustor heat shield and defines at least in-part the second dilution hole communicating through the combustor heat shield;
- where each grommet assembly is contained at least in part within the cooling cavity;
- where the combustor heat shield is substantially cylindrical and concentric to an axis of the combustor;
- and
- wherein the plurality of grommet assemblies are joined and extend circumferentially continuously within the cooling cavity so that air within an upstream portion of the cooling cavity is prevented from flowing into a downstream portion of the cooling cavity by the plurality of grommet assemblies.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.