Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combustor assembly
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Application No.: US18226978Application Date: 2023-07-27
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Publication No.: US12104794B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Frederic Witham
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB 11589 2022.08.09
- Main IPC: F23R3/28
- IPC: F23R3/28 ; F23R3/00

Abstract:
A combustor assembly for gas turbine engine, combustor assembly including: combustor wall including interior surface and combustor wall opening, wherein interior surface partially defines combustion chamber, wherein combustor wall opening extends between combustion chamber and its exterior; sealing element disposed partially within combustor wall opening and includes air inlet, air outlet and air passageway, wherein air outlet exits into combustion chamber and delivers flow of air received from exterior of combustion chamber via air inlet and air passageway to combustion chamber; and fuel nozzle coupled to sealing element and configured to deliver fuel into combustion chamber, wherein combustor wall further includes first bearing surface and sealing element further includes second bearing surface, wherein first bearing surface is concave and forms part of first spherical surface such that first and second bearing surfaces are configured to move relative to each other about central point of first spherical surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240053010A1 COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2024-02-15
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