IP Library Granted Patent US 10,774,685
Granted Patent B2
US 10,774,685 · App. 15/966,760 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Gas turbine engine exhaust component

Inventors: Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood (West Hartford, CT); Adam Lee Hart (Stuart, FL); Brian Craig (Palm Beach Gardens, FL); Luis Miguel Ayalde (Weston, FL); Brian Levy (Sunny Isles Beach, FL)
Assignee: RATHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,774,685
App. No.
15/966,760
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat shield for a gas turbine engine includes a radial heat shield flange that extends in a circumferential direction and forms a ring. A plurality of bosses extend from a first axial side of the radial heat shield flange. There is a plurality of guide pins. One of the plurality of guide pins extends from a corresponding one of the plurality of bosses.

Claims (24)

1. A heat shield for a gas turbine engine comprising:

a radial heat shield flange extending in a circumferential direction forming a ring;

a plurality of bosses extending from a first axial side of the radial heat shield flange;

a plurality of guide pins, wherein one of the plurality of guide pins extends from a corresponding one of the plurality of bosses; and

an axial heat shield flange extending axially from a radially outer edge of the radial heat shield flange, wherein at least one of the plurality of bosses extends from the radial heat shield flange and the axial heat shield flange.

2. The heat shield of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bosses are formed integrally with the heat shield.

3. The heat shield of claim 1 , further comprising a conical portion extending radially inward from a radially inner edge of the radial heat shield flange.

4. The heat shield of claim 3 , further comprising a plateau forming a disk located radially inward from the conical portion.

5. The heat shield of claim 1 , wherein the radial heat shield flange includes a plurality of exhaust case fastener openings.

6. The heat shield of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of guide pins includes a first threaded portion for engaging the corresponding one of the plurality of bosses and a second threaded portion on an opposite end of the guide pin from the first threaded portion.

7. The heat shield of claim 1 , wherein the radial heat shield flange includes a second axial side having a radially inner ring contact surface.

8. The heat shield of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of guide pins extend in an axial direction.

9. A gas turbine engine comprising:

a core engine configured to rotate an output shaft, and compress and communicate an airflow from a core flow path into a combustor section for expansion through a turbine section; and

a case comprising:

a radially outer ring and a radially inner ring connected by a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart struts and defining an annular flow path therebetween;

the radially inner ring including a radial ring flange extending in a radial direction from the inner ring; and

a heat shield attached to the radial ring flange, wherein the heat shield includes a radial heat shield flange extending in the radial direction and a plurality of bosses extending from the heat shield for accepting a corresponding one of a plurality of guide pins, an axially extending flange located on a radially outer edge of the radial heat shield flange extends in a direction away from the radial ring flange, and at least one of the plurality of bosses extends from the radial heat shield flange and the axial heat shield flange.

10. The gas turbine engine of claim 9 , wherein the axial heat shield flange directly contacts the radially inner ring.

11. The gas turbine engine of claim 9 , wherein the radially extending ring flange includes a plurality of inner ring fastener openings that align with a corresponding heat shield fastener opening in the radially extending heat shield flange.

12. The gas turbine engine of claim 11 , wherein the radially extending ring flange includes a surface that directly contacts a surface on the radially extending heat shield flange.

13. The gas turbine engine of claim 12 , wherein the radially extending ring flange extends in a first radial direction and the radially extending heat shield flange extends in a second radial direction opposite the first radial direction.

14. The gas turbine engine of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of guide pins are located axially downstream of the radially extending ring flange.

15. The gas turbine engine of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of guide pins are located on an opposite side of the radially extending heat shield flange from the radially extending ring flange.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jan 12, 2022
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PRATT & WHITNEY
To: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Reel/Frame 058718/0810 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE AND REMOVE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11886281 AND ADD PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 14846874. TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054062 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055659/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054062/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2018
From: EASTWOOD, JONATHAN JEFFERY; HART, ADAM LEE; CRAIG, BRIAN; AYALDE, LUIS MIGUEL; LEVY, BRIAN
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045745/0416 →
Continuity (1)
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