US 12,410,916 B2
Annular dome assembly for a combustor
Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan, Bengaluru (IN); Karthikeyan Sampath, Bengaluru (IN); Perumallu Vukanti, Bengaluru (IN); and Pradeep Naik, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/750,497.
Application 18/750,497 is a continuation of application No. 17/811,762, filed on Jul. 11, 2022, granted, now 12,025,315.
Claims priority of application No. 202211019498 (IN), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0344703 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. F23R 3/42 (2006.01); F02C 3/14 (2006.01); F23R 3/00 (2006.01); F23R 3/60 (2006.01)
CPC F23R 3/42 (2013.01) [F02C 3/14 (2013.01); F23R 3/002 (2013.01); F23R 3/60 (2013.01); F23R 2900/00017 (2013.01); F23R 2900/03041 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An annular dome assembly for a combustor, the annular dome assembly comprising:
an annular dome including one or more dome panels defining the annular dome, a first dome panel of the one or more dome panels including:
a dome upstream surface and a dome downstream surface opposite the dome upstream surface;
an opening for receiving a mixer assembly;
a plurality of dome arms extending from the dome upstream surface; and
a plurality of apertures extending through the first dome panel from the dome upstream surface to the dome downstream surface, wherein the plurality of dome arms define the plurality of apertures; and
a deflector assembly including one or more deflector panels defining the deflector assembly, a first deflector panel of the one or more deflector panels including:
a deflector upstream surface and a deflector downstream surface opposite the deflector upstream surface; and
a plurality of deflector arms extending from the deflector upstream surface, each of the plurality of deflector arms mounted within a respective aperture of the first dome panel and extending upstream of the dome upstream surface, wherein the plurality of deflector arms is spaced around a first circumference that is defined about the opening of the first dome panel, has a first diameter, and is radially between the opening and an outer circumference of the first deflector panel, each of the plurality of deflector arms being positioned at the first diameter.