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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Hiranya Nath, Karnataka, IN;
Michael A. Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rajendra Wankhade, Karnataka, IN;
Hari Chandra, Karnataka, IN;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A heat shield for a fuel nozzle of a gas turbine engine combustor. The heat shield includes a radial flange extending in radial and circumferential directions and has an opening therethrough at a radially inward end of the radial flange, and an annular conical wall extending in longitudinal and circumferential directions, the annular conical wall being connected to the radial flange at the radially inward end of the radial flange. The radial flange includes a flange forward side, and a flange aft side, and has a flange outer end portion. The flange outer end portion includes a flange rounded end portion on one of the flange forward side or the flange aft side, and a flange rounded protruding lip on the other of the flange forward side or the flange aft side, the rounded protruding lip extending in the longitudinal direction.