IP Library Granted Patent US 12,269,053
Granted Patent B2
US 12,269,053 · App. 17/844,176 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Fluid conduits with heat shielding

Inventors: Jason Ryon (Carlisle, IA); Lev A. Prociw (Johnston, IA)
Assignee: Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
B05B15/14B23P15/26B33Y10/00B33Y80/00F16L59/06F16L59/12F02C7/222F02C7/24F05D2220/32F05D2230/60Y10T29/49361
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Patent No.
US 12,269,053
App. No.
17/844,176
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes forming fluid conduit inside a heat shield in an additive manufacturing process, removing powder from an interior passage of the fluid conduit and from an insulation gap defined between the fluid conduit and the heat shield, separating the heat shield and fluid conduit from the build platform, and shifting the fluid conduit to a shifted position relative to the heat shield. The method includes securing the fluid conduit to the heat shield in the shifted position.

Claims (22)

1. A system comprising:

a fluid conduit within a heat shield, wherein the fluid conduit includes a series of supports extending therefrom, wherein the heat shield includes a series of apertures therethrough, wherein each support in the series of supports extends through a respective one of the apertures in the series of apertures, wherein the fluid conduit defines multiple separate flow channels therethrough.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least some of the apertures through the heat shield are elongated to accommodate relative thermal expansion/contraction between the fluid conduit and the heat shield.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fluid conduit defines a ring shaped manifold with a plurality of radially inwardly extending feed arms extending inward from the manifold, wherein the heat shield extends about and shields the manifold and the feed arms.

4. The system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the manifold is mounted to a combustor liner with studs passing through bores in the combustor liner, wherein the holes are each elongated in a respective radial direction to accommodate relative thermal expansion and contraction of the manifold and the combustor liner.

5. The system as recited in claim 4 , wherein the manifold is slidingly engaged to the combustor liner to seal between the combustor liner and the manifold.

6. The system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the manifold includes a series of circumferentially spaced apart weight reduction features.

7. The system as recited in claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of fluid nozzles extending from each of the feed arms.

8. A system comprising:

a fluid conduit within a heat shield, wherein the fluid conduit includes a series of supports extending therefrom, wherein the heat shield includes a series of apertures therethrough, wherein each support in the series of supports extends through a respective one of the apertures in the series of apertures, wherein the fluid conduit defines a ring shaped manifold with a plurality of radially inwardly extending feed arms extending inward from the manifold, wherein the heat shield extends about and shields the manifold and the feed arms.

9. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein at least some of the apertures through the heat shield are elongated to accommodate relative thermal expansion/contraction between the fluid conduit and the heat shield.

10. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the manifold is mounted to a combustor liner with studs passing through bores in the combustor liner, wherein the holes are each elongated in a respective radial direction to accommodate relative thermal expansion and contraction of the manifold and the combustor liner.

11. The system as recited in claim 10 , wherein the manifold is slidingly engaged to the combustor liner to seal between the combustor liner and the manifold.

12. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the manifold includes a series of circumferentially spaced apart weight reduction features.

13. The system as recited in claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of fluid nozzles extending from each of the feed arms.

14. A system comprising:

a fluid conduit within a heat shield, wherein the fluid conduit includes a series of supports extending therefrom, wherein the heat shield includes a series of apertures therethrough, wherein each support in the series of supports extends through a respective one of the apertures in the series of apertures, wherein at least some of the apertures through the heat shield are elongated to accommodate relative thermal expansion/contraction between the fluid conduit and the heat shield.

15. The system as recited in claim 14 , wherein the fluid conduit defines a ring shaped manifold with a plurality of radially inwardly extending feed arms extending inward from the manifold, wherein the heat shield extends about and shields the manifold and the feed arms.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the manifold is mounted to a combustor liner with studs passing through bores in the combustor liner, wherein the holes are each elongated in a respective radial direction to accommodate relative thermal expansion and contraction of the manifold and the combustor liner.

17. The system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the manifold is slidingly engaged to the combustor liner to seal between the combustor liner and the manifold.

18. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the manifold includes a series of circumferentially spaced apart weight reduction features.

19. The system as recited in claim 15 , further comprising a plurality of fluid nozzles extending from each of the feed arms.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: RYON, JASON; PROCIW, LEV A
To: DELAVAN INC.
Reel/Frame 060289/0661 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: DELAVAN INC
To: COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES, INC.
Reel/Frame 060436/0661 →
Continuity (2)
Division 16593674 · Oct 4, 2019
Related Publication 20220314257A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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