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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2020
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Enzo DiBenedetto, Berlin, CT (US);
Paul E. Coderre, East Hampton, CT (US);
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A case clearance control system comprising a blade outer air seal support structure having a plurality of protrusions extending radially from the blade outer air seal support structure opposite a blade outer air seal proximate the blade outer air seal support structure; a thermal control ring coupled to the blade outer air seal support structure, the thermal control ring including a plurality of receivers configured to couple with the plurality of protrusions; a thermal break formed between the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of receivers, the thermal break configured to control heat transfer between the blade outer air seal support structure and the thermal control ring; and a plurality of flow passages formed between the blade outer air seal support structure, the thermal control ring and the plurality of protrusions, the plurality of flow passages configured to allow cooling air flow to condition the thermal control ring and maintain thermal control ring dimensions.