Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods of repairing tubes in bundled tube fuel injectors
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Application No.: US18446631Application Date: 2023-08-09
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Publication No.: US12083640B1Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Tiffany M. Craig , Ethan Conrad Schaeffer
- Applicant: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Applicant Address: US SC Greenville
- Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Current Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Greenville
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: B23P6/00
- IPC: B23P6/00 ; F23R3/28

Abstract:
A method of repairing a fuel injector including a plurality of pre-mix tubes that each extend from a fuel plenum to an outlet portion includes removing the outlet portion from at least one pre-mix tube to define an exposed end portion, machining an inner surface of the at least one pre-mix tube at the exposed end portion to form an increased inner diameter relative to an inner diameter of the pre-mix tube upstream from the exposed end portion, and coupling a tube tip to the exposed end portion.
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