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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Mina Dimov, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Paul R. Angel, Fairfield, OH (US);
Steven Marakovits, Mason, OH (US);
Daniel Dale Brown, Fairfield, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method enables a gas turbine engine multi-domed combustor including an outer liner and an inner liner that define a combustion chamber therebetween to be assembled. The method comprises coupling a first dome including a heat shield that includes an annular endbody that extends a first distance axially from the heat shield to the combustor outer liner, and coupling a second dome including a heat shield that includes an annular endbody that extends a second distance axially from the heat shield to the first dome, such that the second dome is radially aligned with respect to the first dome, and wherein the second dome second distance is less than the first dome first distance.