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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas M Fortuna, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Phillip D Napoli, West Chester, OH (US);
Richard A Duke, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60752 ;
Abstract
A one-piece cowl is provided for use in assembled relationship with a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The cowl is of a generally annular configuration which defines a central cowl axis, and is axially elongated and aerodynamically contoured relative to the central cowl axis. In order to provide a vibratory damping function for the cowl, a solid lip of increased thickness is formed at a leading edge of the cowl.