Low cost combustor floating collar with improved sealing and damping
US6880341B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23R2900/00012
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A floating collar assembly for damping vibration and sealing between a combustor and a fuel nozzle of a gas turbine engine. The combustor has a nozzle opening with an outer peripheral abutment surface and the nozzle is integral with an internal fuel manifold that is secured to the engine core relative to the combustor. The nozzle has a cylindrical body aligned with the nozzle opening and has a shoulder laterally extending from the nozzle body. An annular floating collar has a combustor face adapted for radial sliding engagement with the abutment surface, a central aperture adapted for axial sliding engagement with the cylindrical body and an outer bearing surface. A wave spring is disposed between the outer bearing surface of the floating collar and an inner surface of the nozzle shoulder, for maintaining sealing engagement, for damping vibration, and for impeding relative rotation between the nozzle and the combustor, while accommodating axial and radial relative displacement.
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