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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Inventors:
Richard Freer, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, CA;
Kian McCaldon, Orangeville, CA;
Tin-Cheung John Hu, Longueuil, CA;
Michel Bousquet, Ste-Praxède, CA;
André Fortin, Longueuil, CA;
Assignee:
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/264 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/264 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2260/99 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is disclosed an igniter for a gas turbine engine including: a base; a glow plug heater rod extending from the base along an axis and terminating in a rod end; and a structure having open porosity disposed adjacent the glow plug heater rod. A method of operating the igniter and a gas turbine engine having such an igniter are also disclosed.