Patent ID: 6463739
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: F23R

Abstract:
A heat shield for protecting a fuel injection tube of a turbine engine afterburner section, the afterburner section having a cylindrical outer wall, a liner positioned in spaced relation from the outer wall and generally defining a boundary between a core duct for flow of turbine exhaust gas and an annular bypass duct for flow of cooling air, at least one fuel injection tube extending from the outer wall inwardly to the core duct, the fuel injection tube having a longitudinal axis, a first portion of the fuel injection tube in the bypass duct and a second portion of the fuel injection tube in the core duct, and a strut positioned generally between the outer wall and the liner and enclosing the first portion of the fuel injection tube, the heat shield comprising:a housing having an elongate internal channel therein open at one end for allowing the housing to be telescoped over said fuel injection tube to a mounting position in which the second portion of the fuel injection tube extends longitudinally in said channel; and a mounting system on the housing adjacent the open end of the channel for attaching the housing to the strut when the housing is in said mounting position without moving the housing transverse to the longitudinal axis of the fuel injection tube so that the housing can be installed in said afterburner section without moving or disconnecting the fuel injection tube.