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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Nayan Vinodbhai Patel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Duane Douglas Thomsen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael John McCarren, Alpha, OH (US);
Kevin Vandevoorde, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine fuel nozzle apparatus includes: an annular outer body, the outer body extending parallel to a centerline axis, and having a generally cylindrical exterior surface extending between forward and aft ends, and having a plurality of openings passing through the exterior surface; an annular main injection ring disposed inside the outer body, the main injection ring including an annular array of fuel posts extending radially outward therefrom; a main fuel gallery extending within the main injection ring in a circumferential direction; a plurality of main fuel orifices, each main fuel orifice communicating with the main fuel gallery and extending through one of the fuel posts; and a suspension structure connecting the main injection ring to the outer body, the suspension structure configured to substantially rigidly locate the position of the main ring in axial and lateral directions while permitting controlled deflection in a radial direction.