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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2025
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Lawrence Binek, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Frederick Rosenberger, Marlborough, CT (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an annular combustor disposed about an axis and a fuel system. The combustor includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a dome connecting the inner wall and outer wall to define an annular combustion chamber. The fuel system includes a fuel manifold disposed forward of the dome, a plurality of air blast injectors connected to the dome and circumferentially arranged about the axis, and a plurality of fuel injectors fluidly connected to the fuel manifold. Each of the plurality of air blast injectors includes an inlet disposed adjacent to the fuel manifold and an outlet disposed in the combustion chamber. Each of the plurality of fuel injectors is shrouded in an air blast injector of the plurality of air blast injectors.