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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2023
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Michael G. Mccaffrey, Windsor, CT (US);
Paul M. Lutjen, Kennebunkport, ME (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A separator system for a blade outer air seal cooling passage of a gas turbine engine includes a cooling passage defined between an engine casing on a radially outer boundary and alternating blade outer air seals and vanes on a radially inner boundary; and a support positioned along the cooling passage and dividing the cooling passage into an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the cooling passage; wherein the support further includes at least one cyclonic separator having a flow inlet opening to the upstream portion, and having a filtered air outlet feeding to the downstream portion, and a particulate outlet for particles separated from flow through the cyclonic separator.