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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2024
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Guy Lefebvre, St-Bruno-de-Montarville, CA;
Francois Doyon, Ste-Julie, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A turbine exhaust duct (TED) for an aircraft engine, has: an annular inlet conduit extending around a central axis for directing combustion gases generally in an axial direction; outlet conduits communicating with the annular inlet conduit and extending generally radially outward relative to the annular inlet conduit, the outlet conduits extending from inlet ends at intersections with the annular inlet conduit to outlet ends, an outlet conduit of the outlet conduits having: a forward section facing an axially forward direction and a rearward section opposite the forward section, the forward section and the rearward section conjointly defining an outlet end of the outlet ends; and a reinforcement plate secured to the forward section, the reinforcement plate having a thickness greater than a baseline thickness of the outlet conduit outside the reinforcement plate.