Patent ID: 11859824
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. A turbine engine comprising:
a combustor comprising:
(a) a skeleton mesh structure;
(b) at least one liner operably coupled to the skeleton mesh structure to at least partially define a combustion chamber, and comprising a plurality of first planks mounted to a first side of the at least one liner and a plurality of second planks mounted to a second side of the at least one liner; and
(c) at least one dilution hole structure provided with a portion of the skeleton mesh structure adjacent at least one of the plurality of first planks and at least one of the plurality of second planks, and including at least one dilution hole configured to allow fluid to pass therethrough into the combustion chamber,

wherein the at least one dilution hole structure is at least one of:
(i) mounted to the skeleton mesh structure, the at least one dilution hole structure having a radial thickness greater than a radial thickness of the skeleton mesh structure, a radial thickness of the at least one of the plurality of first planks, and a radial thickness of the at least one of the plurality of second planks; or
(ii) a portion of the skeleton mesh structure, the at least one dilution hole structure having a radial thickness greater than a radial thickness of a remainder of the skeleton mesh structure, a radial thickness of the at least one of the plurality of first planks, and a radial thickness of the at least one of the plurality of second planks.