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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Raphael Lior, Brookline, MA (US);
Robert J. Derosa, Tolland, CT (US);
Inventors:
Raphael Lior, Brookline, MA (US);
Robert J. DeRosa, Tolland, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/25 (2006.01); F02C 7/24 (2006.01); F23R 3/60 (2006.01); F16L 57/00 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/24 (2013.01); F02C 7/22 (2013.01); F02C 7/25 (2013.01); F16L 57/00 (2013.01); F23R 3/60 (2013.01); F05D 2300/21 (2013.01); F05D 2300/614 (2013.01); Y02T 50/672 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49229 (2015.01);
Abstract
A flexible shield for fluid connectors of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The flexible shield may comprise a flexible sleeve adapted to surround the fluid connector, and a coupling configured to secure the flexible sleeve onto a fluid tube proximate the fluid connector. A gas turbine engine employing such a flexible shield is also disclosed, as is a method of enclosing a fluid connector in a gas turbine engine using such a flexible shield.