Patents Assigned to Gereral Electric Company
  • Patent number: 5746047
    Abstract: An infrared suppressor system for a gas turbine engine is provided for suppressing infrared radiation associated with the hot metal parts of the engine and with the hot exhaust gases exhausted from the engine. The system features a unique arrangement of multiple baffles that are connected together as a single baffle module. The baffle arrangement permits mixing of hot and cool gas flows while eliminating line-of-sight infrared radiation in an axially compact suppressor. The baffles are additionally linked together into a single insertable baffle module that permits removal of the baffle module when infrared suppression is unnecessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Gereral Electric Company
    Inventors: William Steyer, Timothy Joseph Higgins