US 11,753,997 B2
Exhaust baffle component for an air turbine assembly
Thomas Jakab, Lake Geneva, WI (US); Jordan Christopher Pugliese, Woodstock, IL (US); and Jeffrey Todd Roberts, Winnebago, IL (US)
Assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/205,217.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,107, filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018287 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. F02C 7/277 (2006.01); F02C 7/26 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/277 (2013.01) [F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F01D 9/045 (2013.01); F02C 7/26 (2013.01); F05D 2240/129 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baffle for a turbine starter assembly comprising:
a plurality of baffle components joined together to define the baffle and a central axis, each baffle component comprising:
a first baffle level; and
a second baffle level stacked with the first baffle level and separated from the first baffle level by a shared wall;
wherein the first baffle level and the second baffle level each have a first end and a second end and a first attachment feature is defined at the first end, wherein the first attachment feature of the first end of the first baffle level extends in a direction of the central axis;
wherein the first baffle level includes a plurality of first airflow channels defined by fins arranged between the first end and the second end and that extend from the shared wall into the first baffle level, and the second baffle level includes a plurality of second airflow channels defined by fins arranged between the first end and the second end and that extend from the shared wall into the second baffle level.