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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
May. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Steven W. Burd, Cheshire, CT (US);
Assignee:
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/00 (2006.01); F02C 3/14 (2006.01); F02K 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/02 (2013.01); F02C 3/14 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a supplemental thrust section and a duct. The supplemental thrust section includes a rotating detonation combustor. The duct includes a supplemental thrust section inlet fluidly coupled with and leading to the rotating detonation combustor. The supplemental thrust section inlet has a flow area that decreases as at least a first portion of the supplemental thrust section inlet extends towards the rotating detonation combustor.