Patent ID: 7325402

Claim:
A pilot nozzle heat shield comprising: a heat shield body having a first end for receiving a pilot nozzle and an opposite, second end; a flow tip at the second end of said body, said flow tip including a proximal periphery at the second end and a distal periphery defining an aperture, a plurality of flow jets spaced about the proximal periphery of said flow tip, said flow tip further including at least one dead-end slot extending from one of the flow jets and terminating on the flow tip proximal to the aperture, thereby defining connected tangs adjacent to said dead-end slot, said flow tip further including a plurality of through slots, each through slot extending distally from one of said plurality of flow jets to said aperture, said through slots defining sets of connected tangs therebetween, wherein at least two sets of connected tangs are provide on said flow tip.