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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Krista Anne Mitchell, Springboro, OH (US);
David Edward Bulman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark Eugene Noe, Morrow, OH (US);
Harold Ray Hansel, Mason, OH (US);
Thomas Allen Wells, West Chester, OH (US);
Christopher Charles Glynn, Hamilton, OH (US);
John David Bibler, Tucson, AZ (US);
Toby George Darkins, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Joseph John Charneski, Maineville, OH (US);
Craig Patrick Burns, Mason, OH (US);
Krista Anne Mitchell, Springboro, OH (US);
David Edward Bulman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark Eugene Noe, Morrow, OH (US);
Harold Ray Hansel, Mason, OH (US);
Thomas Allen Wells, West Chester, OH (US);
Christopher Charles Glynn, Hamilton, OH (US);
John David Bibler, Tucson, AZ (US);
Toby George Darkins, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Joseph John Charneski, Maineville, OH (US);
Craig Patrick Burns, Mason, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A mounting assembly for a forward end of a liner in a combustor of a gas turbine engine including a dome and a cowl, wherein a longitudinal centerline axis extends through the gas turbine engine. The mounting assembly includes a pin member extending through each one of a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings formed in the forward end of the liner, an aft portion of the cowl, and a portion of the dome, with each pin member including a head portion at one end thereof. A nut is adjustably connected to an end of each pin member opposite the head portion. A bushing is located on each pin member at a position intermediate the head portion and the nut, wherein the openings in the liner forward end are sized to fit around the bushings. In this way, the cowl aft portion and the dome portion are fixedly connected together between the bushing and the nut so that the bushings are able to slide radially through the openings in the liner forward end as the cowl and the dome experience thermal growth greater than the liner.