US 12,215,627 B2
Separators for use with gas turbine engines
Pradeep Hemant Sangli, Bangalore (IN); Santosh Kumar Potnuru, Bangalore (IN); Keith A. Miedema, Fairfield, OH (US); Matthew D. Brothers, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,590.
Claims priority of application No. 202311008052 (IN), filed on Feb. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0263585 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. F02C 7/30 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/30 (2013.01) [B64D 2013/0651 (2013.01); F05D 2260/607 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A separator, comprising:
a first ring including:
a first surface;
a second surface opposite the first surface; and
a first opening extending from the first surface to the second surface;
a second ring surrounding the first ring, the second ring including:
a third surface;
a fourth surface, the third surface is spaced from and disposed radially outward of the fourth surface, the third surface and the fourth surface defining an interior;
a plurality of walls disposed within the interior, the plurality of walls dividing the interior into a plurality of interior sections; and
a second opening extending through the fourth surface; and
a filter disposed between the first ring and the second ring, the filter disposed in a fluid pathway extending between the first opening and the second opening.