General Electric Company

Venkatraman Ananthakrishnanlyer

Timothy James Held

Jun Xu

Michael Louis Vermeersch

Mark Anthony Mueller

Keith Robert McManus

Zhongtao Dai

A method for assembling a gas turbine engine combustor is provided. The method includes providing a heat shield defined by a perimeter. The perimeter includes a radially inner edge, a radially outer edge, an axially inner edge, an axially outer edge, and an opening that extends from an upstream side of the heat shield to a downstream side of the heat shield. The method further includes coupling the heat shield to a domeplate such that the perimeter of the heat shield is positioned a distance downstream from an edge of the heat shield defining the opening. The method additionally includes coupling at least one fuel injector to the domeplate such that a portion of the fuel injector extends through the heat shield opening.

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Mason, OH, United States of America

Venkatraman Ananthakrishnanlyer