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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
John Charles Intile, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Madhavan Poyyapakkam, Karnataka, IN;
Ganesh Pejawar Rao, Karnataka, IN;
Karthick Kaleeswaran, Karnataka, IN;
John Charles Intile, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Madhavan Poyyapakkam, Karnataka, IN;
Ganesh Pejawar Rao, Karnataka, IN;
Karthick Kaleeswaran, Karnataka, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine including a combustor assembly and a nozzle assembly. The method comprises providing a transition piece including a first end, a second end, and a body extending therebetween, where the body includes an inner surface, an opposite outer surface, coupling the first end of the transition piece to the combustor assembly, and coupling the second end of the transition piece to the nozzle assembly such that a turbulator extending helically over the outer surface of the transition piece extends from the transition piece first end to the transition piece second end to facilitate inducing turbulence to cooling air supplied to the combustor assembly.