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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood, Newington, CT (US);
Joey Wong, Enfield, CT (US);
Robert M. Sonntag, Bolton, CT (US);
Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood, Newington, CT (US);
Joey Wong, Enfield, CT (US);
Robert M. Sonntag, Bolton, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
An annular combustor includes an annular outer shell that includes a first flange that defines an inner diameter IDand an annular inner shell that includes a second flange that defines an outer diameter OD. An annular hood includes a radially outer hood flange and a radially inner hood flange. A bulkhead includes a radially outer bulkhead flange that defines an outer diameter ODand a radially inner bulkhead flange that defines an inner diameter ID. The first flange is secured at a radially outer joint between the radially outer hood flange and the radially outer bulkhead flange. The second flange is secured at a radially inner joint between the radially inner hood flange and the radially inner bulkhead flange. The IDand the ODdefine a ratio R1 of ID/ODthat is 0.998622-1.001129, and the IDand the ODdefine a ratio R2 of ID/ODthat is 0.998812-1.001388.