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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Keith Garrette Brown, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Liwei Hao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Darren Bawden Hickey, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Kevin Joseph Gavel, Galway, NY (US);
John Raymond Krahn, Mesa, AZ (US);
Qin Chen, Schenectady, NY (US);
Lili Zhang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Daniel Qi Tan, Rexford, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A flange assembly for use with a SOFC system includes a first flange, a second flange, and a dielectric element coupled between the first flange and the second flange. The dielectric element includes an outer cylindrical surface and an inner cylindrical surface. The inner cylindrical surface defines a cylindrical region having a circumference. The inner cylindrical surface also defines a channel that extends radially about the circumference of the cylindrical region.