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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mark Carmine Bellino, Greenville, SC (US);
James Christopher Monaghan, Moore, SC (US);
Johnie F. McConnaughhay, Greenville, SC (US);
Steven Charles Woods, Easley, SC (US);
Gregory Scott Means, Simpsonville, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for disassembling a bundled tube fuel injector includes decoupling an aft plate from a fuel distribution module of the bundled tube fuel injector, where the aft plate is disposed at a downstream end of the bundled tube fuel injector. The method also includes removing the aft plate from the bundled tube fuel injector to expose a portion of a plurality of pre-mix tubes so as to allow for inspection repair and/or replacement of one or more of the plurality of pre-mix tubes.