Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Combustion products generator
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-08
2011-03-08
Cuff, Michael (Department: 3741)
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Combustion products generator
Reexamination Certificate
active
07900457
ABSTRACT:
A method for fabricating a combustor liner for a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes providing an annular shell including a plurality of circumferentially extending panels, wherein the plurality of circumferentially extending panels includes a first panel positioned at an upstream end of the shell and a second panel positioned downstream from, and adjacent to, the first panel. The method also includes forming a plurality of primary dilution holes in the first panel and forming a plurality of secondary dilution holes in the second panel, wherein the primary and secondary dilution holes are configured to discharge dilution air into the shell.
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An English language translation of a Chinese First Office, dated Mar. 25, 2010, from the State Intellectual Property Office, P.R. China, for co-pending Chinese patent application No. 200710136478.7 (17 pages).
Johnson Art
Kirtley Daniel
Mlynski Grzegorz
Patterson David Bruce
Starkweather John Howard
Andes Esq. William Scott
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Cuff Michael
General Electric Company
Kim Craig
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