Thimble assemblies for introducing a cross-flow into a secondary combustion zone

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10816203
APP PUB NO 20190178496A1
SERIAL NO

15838193

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A thimble assembly, which directs fluid flow through a combustor liner, includes a thimble boss and a thimble. The thimble boss is mounted an outer surface of the liner and surrounds a liner opening, thus defining a thimble boss passage. The thimble is disposed through the passage and the liner opening. The thimble wall extends from an inlet portion to an outlet of the thimble. The inlet portion has a greater diameter than the outlet and defines an inlet plane and a parallel intermediate plane. A terminal plane, parallel to the intermediate plane, includes an array of points most distant from a corresponding array of points defining the intermediate plane. The thimble wall has a non-uniform length, such that the outlet of the thimble is oriented at an oblique angle relative to the terminal plane. The thimble wall may have an arcuate shape defined as one-fourth of an ellipse.

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GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC300 GARLINGTON ROAD GREENVILLE SC 29615

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chong, Yon Han Greer, US 14 118
Clifford, Robert Wade Chesnee, US 6 53
Harper, James Greenville, US 32 486
Jones, Charlie Edmond Greenville, US 6 49
Kraemer, Gilbert Otto Greer, US 81 1412
Wilson, Matthew Bernard Greer, US 4 47

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