US 12,085,281 B2
Fuel nozzle and swirler
Perumallu Vukanti, Bengaluru (IN); Pradeep Naik, Bengaluru (IN); Clayton S. Cooper, Evendale, OH (US); Michael A. Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US); Michael T. Bucaro, Arvada, CO (US); Manampathy G. Giridharan, Evendale, OH (US); Steven C. Vise, West Chester, OH (US); Ajoy Patra, Bengaluru (IN); Saket Singh, Bengaluru (IN); and R Narasimha Chiranthan, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,205.
Application 18/350,205 is a continuation of application No. 17/682,373, filed on Feb. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,725,819.
Claims priority of application No. 202111059707 (IN), filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366551 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F23R 3/14 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC F23R 3/14 (2013.01) [F23R 3/286 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel nozzle assembly comprising:
a fuel nozzle including an outer wall encasing a fuel passage and defining a longitudinal axis;
a swirler circumscribing the fuel nozzle defining a swirler air passage; and
a fuel nozzle wall passage provided within the outer wall and exhausting at a first outlet, and the fuel nozzle wall passage exhausting to the fuel passage at a second outlet.