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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Ioan Sasu, Brossard, CA;
Doug Roberts, Cambridge, CA;
Oleg Morenko, Mississauga, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gas turbine engine diffuser comprises a bowl-shaped diffuser casing and a cover nested into the bowl-shaped diffuser casing and cooperating therewith in defining a diffuser passage having a channeled entry portion in fluid flow communication with a vaned exit portion via a vaneless intermediate portion. The channeled entry portion is divided into an array of inlet flowpaths by a first set of vanes. Likewise, the vaned exit portion is divided into an array of outlet flowpaths by a second set of vanes.