PROPORTIONAL RESTRICTION OF FUEL NOZZLE WITH AN AUXILIARY CIRCUITA fuel injector for a turbine engine includes a fuel scheduling valve configured for regulation of fuel flow from a fuel inlet (115), in response to fuel pressure received at the fuel inlet. Primary, …DRIVE·May 27·1 min readFollowF02C7/222COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FUEL NOZZLE SEAL REMOVAL TOOLA system comprises a holder (104) including a mounting feature (106) configured to mount to a flange (108) of a fuel injector (102) and a block (110) including a mounting feature configured to mount t…DRIVE·May 6·1 min readFollowB23P19/04COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
RADIALLY ORIENTED INTERNALLY MOUNTED CONTINUOUS IGNITION DEVICEAn embodiment of a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor case, a combustor liner disposed within the combustor case, a fuel nozzle (27), and a torch igniter (10) within the combustor…DRIVE·Apr 29·2 min readFollowF02C7/264COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
COMBUSTOR SECTION SUPPORT STRUCTURESA combustor section support structure (100) can include a fuel manifold (101) and one or more radial stud assemblies (103) connected to the fuel manifold (101) and configured to allow the fuel manifol…DRIVE·Apr 8·2 min readFollowF02C7/222COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
COMBUSTOR SECTION SUPPORT STRUCTURESA combustor section support structure can include a fuel manifold (101) and one or more radial stud assemblies connected to the fuel manifold (101) and configured to allow the fuel manifold (101) to m…DRIVE·Apr 1·2 min readFollowF02C7/222COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
PROPORTIONAL FORCE MODIFICATION OF PASSIVE SPOOL FOR CONTROL OF SIMPLEX CIRCUIT OF FUEL NOZZLESA system includes an injector (102) including a scheduling valve assembly (104) and a nozzle (106) in fluid communication with the valve assembly (104). The scheduling valve assembly (104) is configur…DRIVE·Mar 25·1 min readFollowF02C7/222COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FUEL INJECTORS WITH TORCH IGNITORSA fuel injector includes a fuel nozzle (102) configured to issue a spray of fuel from a fuel outlet in a downstream direction along an injection axis. The fuel nozzle (102) defines a main flow passage…DRIVE·Dec 10·1 min readFollowF02C7/264COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
METHOD OF MAKING A FLUID INJECTORA method of making a fluid injector for a gas turbine engine includes depositing material (104) onto a piece of tube stock (102). The method includes machining the deposited material into a fluid inje…DRIVE·Nov 26·1 min readFollowB23K1/0018COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
INTERNALLY-MOUNTED TORCH IGNITERS WITH REMOVABLE IGNITER HEADSA torch igniter for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes an igniter body (20) and an igniter head. The igniter body is disposed within a high-pressure case (18) of a gas turbine engine and ext…DRIVE·Nov 26·2 min readFollowF02C7/18COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
MATERIAL DEPOSITION FOR FLUID NOZZLE JOINTSA method of making a fluid injection component for a gas turbine engine includes depositing material onto a piece of tube stock (102). The method includes machining an elbow (110) into the deposited m…DRIVE·Nov 26·1 min readFollowB05B1/00COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
RADIAL EQUILIBRATED COMBUSTION NOZZLE ARRAYA fuel injection system (100) for a gas turbine engine (102) includes a first plurality of fuel nozzles (110) arrayed in a circular pattern. Each of the nozzles in the first plurality of fuel nozzles …DRIVE·Nov 12·1 min readFollowF02C7/232COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
TORCH IGNITERA torch igniter for a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the torch igniter comprising a housing (23) defining a combustion chamber (22), an ignition source (20) disposed at least partially in the comb…DRIVE·Oct 29·1 min readFollowF02C7/264COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MULTIPOINT INJECTION SYSTEMA multipoint injection system includes a manifold (102) with a plurality of flow passages (104, 106, 108, 110) defined through the manifold in the circumferential direction. The flow passages are spac…DRIVE·Oct 15·2 min readFollowF02C7/222COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR WITH TORCH IGNITER AND METHOD OF REPLACING THE FUEL INJECTOR OF THE TORCH INJECTOR OF A GAS TURBINE COMBUSTORAn embodiment of a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor case (20), a combustor liner (22) disposed within the combustor case, a fuel nozzle (25) at an upstream end of the combustor …DRIVE·Sep 10·2 min readFollowF02C7/264COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
CONTINUOUS IGNITION DEVICE EXHAUST MANIFOLDA torch ignitor system (10) provides a continuous flame to ignite fuel within a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The torch ignitor system includes a manifold (16) and a plurality of torch nozzles (1…DRIVE·Aug 20·1 min readFollowF02C7/222COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FUEL NOZZLESIn accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a nozzle for a fuel injector includes, a nozzle body (110) defining a central axis from a nozzle inlet (112) to a nozzle outlet (114). A firs…DRIVE·Aug 13·2 min readFollowF23D14/58COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
PERFORATED IMPELLER BLADESA method of making an impeller (100) includes building the impeller (100) in a layer by layer process in a build direction along the rotational axis starting from a base of the hub (102). The pluralit…DRIVE·Jul 23·1 min readFollowF04D29/2205COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FUEL MANIFOLDSA fuel injection system includes an outer support (102) defining a fuel manifold and an inner support (104), with a feed arm (106) extending radially between the inner support (104) and the outer supp…DRIVE·Mar 26·1 min readFollowF02C7/222COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FUEL INJECTORS WITH TORCH IGNITORSA fuel injector (100) includes a fuel nozzle (102) configured to issue a spray of fuel from a fuel outlet (104) in a downstream direction along an injection axis. The fuel nozzle (102) includes a nozz…DRIVE·Dec 18·1 min readFollowF02C7/264COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
METHOD OF JOINING CONNECTING FUEL INJECTION COMPONENTS TO A FUEL MANIFOLDA method includes joining a fuel plurality of injection components (108) to a fuel manifold (106), wherein for each fuel injection component (108) in the plurality of fuel injection components, a meta…DRIVE·Dec 4·1 min readFollowB23K1/0018COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FUEL NOZZLES ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINEA nozzle assembly (100) includes a fuel distributor (108) for issuing a spray of fuel. A fuel conduit (106) is in fluid communication with the fuel distributor (108) and has a first end and a second e…DRIVE·Aug 28·1 min readFollowF02C7/222COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
SYSTEMS FOR FUEL INJECTORS WITH FUEL AIR HEAT EXCHANGERSA system includes an air manifold (102), a fuel manifold (104), and a plurality of fuel injectors (106). At least one of the fuel injectors includes a heat exchanger portion (108) for supplying compre…DRIVE·Aug 28·2 min readFollowF02C7/18COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FUEL FILTER ASSEMBLYA fuel filter (2) comprising a manifold (4), a connector element (6), a filter bowl (8), a filter element (22), an inlet shutoff valve (74), an outlet shutoff valve (92), an inlet port (10), an inlet …DRIVE·Aug 14·3 min readFollowB01D29/117COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
IGNITION SYSTEM WITH ACCESS HATCH FOR INTERNALLY MOUNTED TORCH IGNITORAn embodiment of an ignition system for a gas turbine engine includes a high pressure engine case (18), a torch ignitor (10) disposed at least partially within the high pressure engine case, the torch…DRIVE·Jul 3·2 min readFollowF02C7/264COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
METHOD OF OPERATING AND CLEANING A TORCH IGNITORA method of operating and cleaning a torch ignitor (101) for continuous ignition includes issuing a fuel-lean flow through a combustion chamber (104) of a torch ignitor. The method also includes heati…DRIVE·Jun 26·1 min readFollowF02C7/264COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
COMBUSTOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH RADIALLY ORIENTED INTERNALLY MOUNTED TORCH IGNITERAn embodiment of a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor case (20), a combustor liner (24) disposed within the combustor case, a fuel nozzle (27), and a torch igniter (10) within the…DRIVE·Jun 19·2 min readFollowF02C7/232COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
TORCH IGNITOR SYSTEMA torch ignitor system (100) includes a torch wall (102) defining a combustion chamber (104) therein with a flame outlet (106) passing out of the torch wall (102) downstream of the combustion chamber …DRIVE·Jun 12·1 min readFollowF01D25/12COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
TORCH IGNITOR SYSTEM WITH COOLED IGNITORA torch ignitor system (100) includes a torch wall (102) defining a combustion chamber (104) therein with a flame outlet (112) passing out of the torch wall (102) downstream of the combustion chamber …DRIVE·Jun 12·1 min readFollowF02C7/16COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FUEL INJECTORS WITH HEAT EXCHANGERSA fuel injector system for a gas turbine engine comprises a mounting flange (102) to be mounted to an engine case (104), a fixture (106) extending in an outward direction from the mounting flange oper…DRIVE·May 29·2 min readFollowF02C7/141COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FILTER VALVE ASSEMBLYA filter assembly comprising: a manifold (1) having a fluid inlet (2) and a fluid outlet (3), a filter housing (4) having a filter medium (6) provided therein, the filter medium defining an inner filt…DRIVE·May 29·3 min readFollowB01D27/08COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
TORCH IGNITOR SYSTEM WITH GAS ASSIST STARTA torch ignitor system for combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a torch ignitor (10), the torch ignitor (10) having a combustion chamber oriented about an axis, the combustion chamber having axi…DRIVE·May 1·1 min readFollowF02C3/00COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FLUID NOZZLEA fluid nozzle (101) includes a first fluid circuit (106), a second fluid circuit (108) spaced apart from the first fluid circuit and a fuel circuit (110). The fuel circuit is defined between the firs…DRIVE·Apr 17·2 min readFollowF02C7/22COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
TORCH IGNITER SYSTEMA torch igniter system for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a housing (23) defining a combustion chamber (22), an ignition source (20) disposed at least partially in the combustion chamber…DRIVE·Apr 10·1 min readFollowF02C7/264COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
FILTER BOWL RETENTION MECHANISMA retention mechanism for releasably securing a receptacle (1) to another component (3), the retention mechanism comprising a ratchet lever (11) pivotally mounted about a screw (12); a torsion spring …DRIVE·Apr 3·2 min readFollowB01D27/08COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
TORCH IGNITOR SYTEM FOR A COMBUSTOR OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEAn embodiment of a torch ignitor system for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a torch ignitor (10), the torch ignitor include a combustion chamber (16) oriented about a torch axis (A), the …DRIVE·Mar 27·2 min readFollowF02C7/264COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH AIR CAPAn air cap is configured to be affixed to a nozzle assembly as a downstream facing component of the nozzle assembly. The air cap (104) includes a plurality of air wipe passages (118) with outlets defi…DRIVE·Mar 20·1 min readFollowF02C7/222COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
TORCH IGNITOR SYSTEM FOR A COMBUSTOR OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINEA torch ignitor system for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a torch ignitor (10), the torch ignitor (10) including a combustion chamber oriented about a torch axis, the combustion chamber …DRIVE·Mar 6·2 min readFollowF02C7/22COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
TORCH IGNITOR SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEA torch ignitor system provides a continuous flame to ignite fuel within a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The torch ignitor system includes a torch ignitor, a housing, a flow channel (30), and an …DRIVE·Feb 28·1 min readFollowF02C3/04COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR WITH AXIALLY ORIENTED INTERNALLY MOUNTED CONTINUOUS IGNITION DEVICE WITH REVERSE FLOW AXIAL ORIENTATIONAn embodiment of a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor case (20), a combustor liner (24) disposed within the combustor case, a fuel nozzle (27), and a torch igniter (10) within the…DRIVE·Feb 14·2 min readFollowF02C7/22COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
COMBUSTOR SYSTEMS FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINES COMPRISING A TORCH INJECTORA combustor system for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor case (118), a combustor liner (16) disposed within the combustor case and defining a main combustion chamber (114), a dome (114) defini…DRIVE·Jan 31·2 min readFollowF02C7/266COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
