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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Brandon ALlanson Reynolds, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Aaron Michael Dziech, Dry Ridge, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods for assembling flow path structures having one or more unitary components are provided. For example, one method for assembling a flow path assembly of a gas turbine engine comprises stacking axially adjacent components within a generally annular outer wall of the flow path assembly. The flow path assembly defines a flow path through a combustion section and at least a portion of a turbine section of the gas turbine engine. The outer wall defines an outer boundary of the flow path, and the axially adjacent components defining at least a portion of an inner boundary of the flow path. The outer wall is a unitary outer wall that includes a combustor portion extending through the combustion section and a turbine portion extending through at least a first turbine stage of the turbine section. The combustor and turbine portions are integrally formed as a single unitary structure.