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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Seth A. Max, Manchester, CT (US);
Jonathan M. Jause, Manchester, CT (US);
Seth A. Max, Manchester, CT (US);
Jonathan M. Jause, Manchester, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a swirler body for a combustor of a gas turbine engine, where the swirler body includes an annular mount face which defines at least one pocket. The disclosure is directed to a swirler assembly for a combustor of a gas turbine engine, where the swirler assembly includes a swirler first body with an annular first mount face which defines at least one first pocket and a swirler second body with an annular second mount face which abuts said annular first mount face, where said second annular mount face defines at least one second pocket. The disclosure is directed to a method of lightening a swirl assembly for a combustor of a gas turbine engine, where the method includes defining at least one pocket within an annular mount face of a swirler body.