18536610. HEAT SHIELD FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE (General Electric Company)
HEAT SHIELD FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger of Bengaluru (IN)
Hiranya Nath of Bengaluru (IN)
Michael A. Benjamin of Cincinnati OH (US)
Michael David Clark of Liberty Township OH (US)
HEAT SHIELD FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18536610 titled 'HEAT SHIELD FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
Original Abstract Submitted
A heat shield for a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The heat shield includes an annular ring having an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The annular ring includes a plurality of circumferential segments. Each circumferential segment of the plurality of circumferential segments is disconnected from an adjacent circumferential segment of the plurality of circumferential segments to allow for thermal growth of each circumferential segment during operation of the combustor.