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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1388890 · 29 Apr 2026
An 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 case. The torch igniter (10) includes a combustion cham...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1391227 · 15 Apr 2026
A method comprising removing a hatch (150) from a high pressure engine case (18) to open a hatch opening and performing maintenance on a torch ignitor (10) that is inside the high pressure engine case by accessing the torch ignitor through the hatch openin...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1400655 · 10 Dec 2025
A 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 therethrough. An injection fuel line (108) is in fluid ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1393619 · 3 Dec 2025
An engine system includes a gas turbine engine and an actuation system (26). The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section (39) and a flowpath (34) extending through the compressor section, the combustor secti...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1392579 · 29 Oct 2025
A 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 combustion chamber, a fuel injector (40) configured to injec...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1400637 · 18 Dec 2024
A 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 nozzle body (106) that defines a main flow passage (108) the...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/970536 · 3 Sep 2014
The present invention relates to a combustion system for a gas turbine. The combustion system comprises a combustion chamber (100) having an end section (101) and a pre-combustion section (102) extending from the end section (101) along a centre axis (103)...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/970838 · 27 Aug 2014
A laser ignition system (30) for a gas turbine engine includes a combustion chamber (36). The system (30) comprises a laser source (32) for generating a continuous laser beam during an ignition process of the combustion chamber (36) and a dynamic laser foc...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/970834 · 27 Aug 2014
A combustor (16) has a laser ignitor (40) mounted to a casing (20), remotely from a liner (24) of the combustion chamber. The laser ignitor (40) has an igniter beam path (46) for igniting the fuel and air mixture in the combustion chamber (16), the igniter...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/985995 · 20 Feb 2013
A combustor ignition system (40) includes an igniter assembly (42) adapted for installation at least partially inside a combustor (10). A first ignition lead (46) is electrically connected to the igniter assembly (42) and includes a terminal end (62) remot...