Matthew P Devore

US Patent:

20180298774, Oct 18, 2018

Filed:

Apr 18, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/490304

Inventors:

- Farmington CT, US
Jonathan Ortiz - Torrance CA, US
Matthew A. Devore - Rocky Hill CT, US
Raymond Surace - Newington CT, US

International Classification:

F01D 11/04
F01D 5/06
F01D 9/04
F01D 11/00

Abstract:

Gas turbine engines and turbines thereof including a stator section having a plurality of vanes, a rotating section having a plurality of blades, the rotating section being axially adjacent the stator section along an axis of the turbine, the stator section being aftward of the rotating section along the axis of the turbine, and a primary tangential onboard injector located radially inward from the stator section and configured to direct an airflow from the stator section in a forward direction toward the rotating section, the primary tangential onboard injector turning the airflow in a direction of rotation of the rotating section.