High durability turbine exhaust case

US10036276B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · US
• GKN Aerospace Sweden AB · SE

Inventors

• Daryl B. Mountz · Woodstock, US
• Theodore W. Kapustka · Glastonbury, US
• Glenn Levasseur · Colchester, US
• Marcus Borg · carrer de Sertori, SE
• Joakim Berglund · carrer de Sertori, SE
• Anders Svahn · Vänersborg, SE
• Johan Ockborn · carrer de Sertori, SE
• Bengt Pettersson

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2300/502
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbine exhaust case has an outer housing to be secured within a gas turbine engine and a central hub. Struts extend between the outer housing and the central hub. The struts are formed at least in part of a first material. The central hub is formed at least in part of a second material.