Patents Represented by Attorney William Scott Andess
  • Patent number: 6904757
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a forward end of a liner in a combustor of a gas turbine engine including a dome and a cowl, wherein a longitudinal centerline axis extends through the gas turbine engine. The mounting assembly includes a pin member extending through each one of a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings formed in the forward end of the liner, an aft portion of the cowl, and a portion of the dome, with each pin member including a head portion at one end thereof. A nut is adjustably connected to an end of each pin member opposite the head portion. A bushing is located on each pin member at a position intermediate the head portion and the nut, wherein the openings in the liner forward end are sized to fit around the bushings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Krista Anne Mitchell, David Edward Bulman, Mark Eugene Noe, Harold Ray Hansel, Thomas Allen Wells, Christopher Charles Glynn, John David Bibler, Toby George Darkins, Jr., Joseph John Charneski, Craig Patrick Burns