General Electric Company

Ansley Michelle Pangle

Jeffrey Scott LeBegue

Matthew Bernard Wilson

William Michael Poschel

Todd Daniel Paquin

A support structure for a burner tube in a combustor cap assembly for a gas turbine combustor includes an outer annular ring; an inner annular hub; and a plurality of struts extending radially between said outer annular ring and the inner hub. The inner hub is provided with a piston ring groove and a piston ring adapted to receive and seal an inner end of the burner tube.

Combustor cap assembly

A liner stop for retaining a liner within a sleeve of a combustion system, includes: a female component including a saddle, the female component adapted for coupling to one of the liner and the sleeve; a male component including a tab for insertion into the saddle, the male component adapted for coupling to an opposite one of the liner and the sleeve; and an insert adapted for being attached to the tab and ensuring dampening of vibration when the tab is disposed within the saddle. A method and a system are also disclosed.

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Pickens, SC, United States of America

Ansley Michelle Pangle