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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
William Morton, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Constantinos Minas, Slingerlands, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An orifice assembly includes a first member defining an orifice having a first dimension in a compressed state and a thermally-sensitive material arranged adjacent to the first member. The thermally-sensitive material has a rigid, first state that applies force to the first member so as to maintain the first dimension of the orifice in the compressed state and a flexible, second state configured to release the force applied to the first member. As such, when subjected to temperatures above a predetermined temperature threshold, the thermally-sensitive material changes from the rigid, first state to the flexible, second state to allow the first dimension of the first member in the compressed state to passively expand to a decompressed, second dimension, the second dimension being larger than the first dimension.