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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Thaddeus J. Zebrowski, Windsor, CT (US);
Richard E. Versailles, New Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Thaddeus J. Zebrowski, Windsor, CT (US);
Richard E. Versailles, New Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a plurality of fuel injectors grouped operatively by stages in a multistage combustor. A fuel system for the gas turbine engine includes at least one fuel metering module per stage of the multistage combustor. Each fuel metering module includes a pump, a flow meter, a pressure sensor, a controller, and a motor, which work together to control fuel output.