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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2005
David Edward Bulman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Toby George Darkins, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Mark Stewart Schroder, Hendersonville, NC (US);
John Joseph Lipinski, Simpsonville, SC (US);
David Edward Bulman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Toby George Darkins, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Mark Stewart Schroder, Hendersonville, NC (US);
John Joseph Lipinski, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine combustor includes a substantially cylindrical combustor liner located substantially concentrically within a flow sleeve, the combustor liner composed through a ceramic matrix composite material, a forward end of the combustor liner provided with a plurality of circumferentially arranged bolt holes. An inner metal ring is located about an outside surface of the forward end of the combustor liner, the inner metal ring provided with a second plurality of circumferentially spaced bolt holes, with a plurality of bolts extending through the first and second pluralities of bolt holes and secured by self-locking nuts. An outer metal ring is spaced radially outwardly of the inner metal ring, with a plurality of circumferentially spaced struts extending between the inner and outer rings.