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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2023
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Marc J. Muldoon, Marlborough, CT (US);
William K. Ackermann, East Hartford, CT (US);
Anthony R. Bifulco, Ellington, CT (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section having a downstream most location and more upstream locations. A compressor housing surrounds the compressor rotors. A combustor is downstream of the compressor and a turbine section is downstream of the combustor. At least one bleed inlet passage bleeds air compressed from the compressor section, and delivers the air for use on an associated aircraft. A baffle plate is intermediate the at least one bleed inlet passage and a bleed exit port from the gas turbine engine. The baffle plate has a plurality of holes for allowing the air to flow from the bleed inlet passage to the bleed exit port, with an area of the holes increasing from a location adjacent the at least one bleed inlet passage and in a circumferential direction away from the at least one bleed inlet passage. An aircraft air supply system and an aircraft are also disclosed.