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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Taehong Kim, Evendale, OH (US);
Timothy L. Schelfaut, Evendale, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evandale, OH (US);
Abstract
Active clearance control valves and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a pipe defining a flow path between (i) at least one of a fan section, a bypass airflow passage, or a compressor section and (ii) a turbine section of the gas turbine, the pipe including an inlet fluidly coupled to at least one of the fan section, the bypass airflow passage, or the compressor section, a valve coupled to the pipe and positioned downstream of the inlet, the valve including swing wings, the swing wings positioned around an opening in the pipe defined by the second valve when the second valve is at least partially open.