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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2019
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Michael G. McCaffrey, Windsor, CT (US);
Pedro Rivero, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Matthew Andrew Hough, West Simsbury, CT (US);
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A pre-diffuser for a gas turbine engine includes an exit guide vane ring having a multiple of exit guide vanes defined around an engine longitudinal axis; a hot fairing structure adjacent to the exit guide vane ring to define a multiple of diffusion passages around the engine longitudinal axis; an outer radial interface between a radial outer surface of the hot fairing structure and the exit guide vane ring, the outer radial interface being a full hoop structure; and an anti-rotation feature between the hot fairing structure and the exit guide vane ring, the anti-rotation features inboard of the multiple of diffusion passages.