Patents Examined by Andrew Thanh Bui
  • Patent number: 11236616
    Abstract: A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 4.47-4.77 inch (113.5-121.2 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span and is in a range of 2.57-2.87 inch (65.3-72.9 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency of 297±10% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 1035±10% Hz, a third mode with a frequency of 1488±10% Hz, a fourth mode with a frequency of 1524±10% Hz, a fifth mode with a frequency of 2855±10% Hz and a sixth mode with a frequency of 4462±10% Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt R. Heinemann, Sumin Tao, Christopher B. Jelks, Xuedong Zhou, Mark David Ring, Konstantinos Panagiotis Giannakopoulos, Kate Hudon, John Joseph Papalia
  • Patent number: 11230936
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rectifier (1) for an aircraft turbomachine compressor, the rectifier comprising an inner ferrule (24), an outer ferrule (26), and stator blades (28) secured to the inner and outer ferrules, the rectifier also comprising a flange (34) secured to a downstream end of the outer ferrule (26) and designed to be fixed to a compressor housing (36), the flange being provided with air extraction openings (50) arranged at a distance from each other in a peripheral direction (52). According to the invention, at least one of the air extraction openings (50) has a stretched form in the peripheral direction (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Clément Simon Martin Lemaire
  • Patent number: 11231050
    Abstract: A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil having pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 0.60-0.70 inch (15.3-17.8 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span and is in a range of 0.90-1.00 inch (22.9-25.5 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency of 5327±10% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 8393±10% Hz, a third mode with a frequency of 16289±10% Hz, a fourth mode with a frequency of 25049±10% Hz and a fifth mode with a frequency of 27423±10% Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Haiyun Li, Eliannah Hunderfund, Sean Nolan, Joseph Steele, Marian A. Iskandar
  • Patent number: 11225906
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (100) for maintaining at least one cooling tube (T) outside a turbomachine casing (19), comprising: a support (1), comprising an inner face turned towards the tube (T) and at least one left tab (12) for partially retaining towards the left of the tube (T), located on the side of this inner face and fastened thereto, a support (2), comprising an inner face turned towards the tube (T) and at least one right tab (22) for partially retaining towards the right the tube (T), located on the side of this inner face and fastened thereto, means (13) for fastening the support (1) to a flange (BAM) of the casing (19), means (23) for fastening the support (2) to a flange (BAV) of the casing (19), distinct from the means (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gael Frederic Claude Cyrille Evain, Franck Robert Drouet, Olivier Arnaud Fabien Lambert, Paul Georges Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 11225872
    Abstract: A turbine blade includes a root for fixing the turbine blade to a turbine rotor; and an airfoil coupled to the root, the airfoil including a suction side and a pressure side, and at least one internal wall defining a coolant chamber in the airfoil for delivering a coolant through the airfoil. A tip shroud is coupled to a radially outer end of the airfoil by a suction side fillet and a pressure side fillet. The tip shroud includes a shroud body defining a substantially trident-shaped shroud cooling passage including: a trunk cooling passage, a center cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage, a suction side cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage, and a pressure side cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage. The center cooling passage is fluidly coupled to the coolant chamber to receive a coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Melbourne James Myers, Michael Anthony Wondrasek, Mary Virginia Holloway, Luke C. Sponseller, Brandon Joseph Kerins
  • Patent number: 11225945
    Abstract: A method for controlling an inclination of a floating wind turbine platform to optimize power production, or to reduce loads on the turbine, tower, and platform, or both, includes receiving data associated with the inclination of the floating wind turbine platform and wind speed and direction data. An angle of difference between the turbine blade plane and the wind direction is determined, where the angle of difference has a vertical component. A platform ballast system is then caused to distribute ballast to reduce the vertical component to a target angle chosen to optimize power production, or reduce turbine, tower, and platform loads, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Pauline Louazel, Bingbin Yu, Sam Kanner, Antoine Peiffer, Dominique Roddier
  • Patent number: 11220911
    Abstract: A guide vane airfoil for placement in a flow path portion of a turbomachine is provided, which, relative to a flow pattern in flow path portion, has a leading edge and, downstream thereof, a trailing edge, as well as a suction side and a pressure side; relative to a longitudinal axis of the turbomachine, viewed in the axial direction, in a radially inner portion, forming a first angle ? with a circular arc about the longitudinal axis, and, in a radially outer portion, a second angle ? with a circular arc about the longitudinal axis. The guide vane airfoil is inclined in the outer portion, thus ??90°, in terms of absolute value, being >0° (|??90°|>0°), and the guide vane airfoil being more highly inclined in the outer portion than in the inner portion, thus ??90°, in terms of absolute value, being >??90° (|??90°|>??90°).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Bernd Kislinger, Markus Brettschneider, Detlef Korte, Bjoern Grueber
  • Patent number: 11220326
    Abstract: Part comprising a wall which comprises a first zone (541), a first zone (541) and the second zone (542), a network of riblets being formed on the first zone (541), the second zone (542) and also on the transition zone (54t) so as to reduce the drag of the part when a flow of air flows along said wall; the height, the width and the spacing of the riblets formed on the transition zone (54t) changing along said transition zone (54t) so as to pass from the height, width and spacing of the riblets formed on the first zone at a first end of the transition zone to the height, width and spacing of the riblets formed on the second zone (542) at a second end of the transition zone (54t), the transition zone (54t) comprising a central portion on which the riblets comprise on one hand the height and the width that are respectively equal to the height and width of the riblets on the first zone (541), and on the other hand a spacing equal to the spacing of the riblets of the second zone (542).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: William Henri Joseph Riera, Jerome Jean-Yves Talbotec, Julien Roger Marcel Marty
  • Fan
    Patent number: 11215192
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a fan, including a first case, a second case, and a reset mechanism. The first case includes a first side wall, where the first side wall has a first guide portion. The second case includes a second side wall, where the second side wall has a second guide portion. The first guide portion and the second guide portion are slidably joined and are configured to enable the first case and the second case to move toward or away from each other. The reset mechanism is connected to the first case and is configured to push the second case to move away from the first case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chen Lin, Ing-Jer Chiou
  • Patent number: 11209017
    Abstract: A system includes an inlet duct disposed about an inlet axis, wherein the inlet duct is configured to direct an airflow along the inlet axis to a compressor inlet. The inlet includes an inlet heating system and a heating portion having a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to the inlet axis. The inlet heating system includes a first conduit substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis that is configured to distribute a heated fluid directly to the airflow via a first set of openings of a first end zone of the first conduit and a second set of openings of a second zone of the first conduit. The first end zone is configured to receive the heated fluid from a heating source, the second zone is coupled to the first end zone, and the second zone is configured to receive the heated fluid from the first end zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alan Eskandar, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Hua Zhang, Christopher Conrad Frese
  • Patent number: 11208912
    Abstract: A shroud assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: at least one shroud hanger; an annular array of shroud segments carried by the child hanger at least one and arrayed about an engine centerline axis, each of the shroud segments having a flowpath side defining a portion of a primary engine flowpath, and an opposed backside facing the at least one shroud hanger, wherein the shroud segment is mounted to the at least one shroud hanger such that it is movable in a radial direction between an inboard position and an outboard position, in response to a balance of gas pressures prevailing on the flowpath side and the backside; and biasing means which urge each of the shroud segments towards one of the positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow
  • Patent number: 11193383
    Abstract: A tail bearing housing of a turbomachine comprises an inner casing and an outer casing concentrically arranged along a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of vanes having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first wall extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge and a second wall extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, the first wall and the second wall defining an aerofoil, the vanes being connected at a first end to the outer casing and at a second end to the inner casing. At least one vane of the plurality of vanes is a vent vane comprising a first aperture arranged in the first end and a second aperture arranged in the aerofoil, the second aperture being configured to be in fluid communication with the first aperture through an inner cavity to vent bleed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Robert Goulds
  • Patent number: 11187204
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fabrication of a profile for a spar cap for a wind turbine blade, wherein the profile is fabricated in a pultruding process using one or more strands and/or layers of unidirectional fibres or rovings of unidirectional fibres arranged along a longitudinal direction of the profile and a tool for moulding of the fibres, wherein one or more additional fibres or rovings of additional fibres are introduced in the pultruding process prior to the moulding, wherein the additional fibres are arranged under an angle to the unidirectional fibres, and/or wherein one or more surficial fibres or rovings of surficial fibres are introduced in the pultruding process after the moulding, wherein the surficial fibres are arranged on the outer surface of the moulded profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventor: David Stien Pedersen
  • Patent number: 11174744
    Abstract: An assembly for use in an attritable engine includes a hub and a blade. The hub is configured to rotate about a centerline axis passing through a center of the hub and is formed with a first type of layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process. The blade is connected to and extends radially outward from the hub. The blade is formed with a second type of layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process that is different than the first layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process. The hub and the blade are integrally formed together as a single piece of material with a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process. The blade includes a root of a first material, a platform connected to the root, an airfoil connected to and extending from the platform, and a tip connected on a distal end of the airfoil opposite from the root. The platform includes a material that is different from the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Binek, Tommy Skiba, Matthew B. Kennedy, Evan Butcher, Jesse R. Boyer, Vijay Narayan Jagdale, Dmytro Mykolayovych Voytovych
  • Patent number: 11174867
    Abstract: A fan frame includes a housing, a shaft tube, a circuit board and a plurality of light-emitting elements. The housing includes a base and a plurality of connection members located between the base and a peripheral wall of the housing. The shaft tube is mounted on the base. The circuit board is mounted in the housing and includes a body having a through-hole. The circuit board is fit around the shaft tube via the through-hole and is integrally formed with a plurality of protruding ribs and at least one outer rib. Each protruding rib is aligned with a respective connection member. Each outer rib is located between two adjacent protruding ribs. The light-emitting elements are mounted on the protruding ribs and the outer rib. A fan including the fan frame is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Chia-Ching Tsai, Hung-Cheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11168572
    Abstract: A platform for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a platform body that has a gas path surface extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge and extending circumferentially between opposed mate faces. A plurality of platform flanges extend from the platform body to define one or more slots. The one or more slots are dimensioned to receive a respective flange of a rotatable hub, and each platform flange has a retention member dimensioned to receive a retention pin to mount the platform body. The platform body includes a composite wrap extending about a perimeter of the platform body to define an internal cavity. At least one honeycomb core has a plurality of cells that is disposed in the internal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David R. Lyders, Peter Karkos
  • Patent number: 11162506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan module having variable-pitch blades for a turbine engine, including a rotor (2) having blades (3), a stationary casing (7), and a system for adjusting and controlling the pitch of the blades (3), the rotor (2) including a central shaft (6) and a ring (9) for supporting the blades surrounding the shaft, a front end of the ring being connected to a front end of the shaft so as to define an annular space between the ring and the shaft which is open towards the rear, said annular space of the rotor (2) housing said system, and the shaft (6) being guided by a first bearing (8) mounted in the stationary casing (7), to the rear of the ring (9), characterised in that the ring (9) is guided by at least one complementary bearing (31) located upstream of the first bearing (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Serge Rene Morreale, Yanis Benslama, Jeremy Dievart, Dominik Igel
  • Patent number: 11162373
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compressor including: a rotatably-mounted rotor disk including a slot in an outer circumference thereof; and a blade including a root member connected to fix to the slot of the rotor disk, an airfoil with a leading edge facing introduced air and a trailing edge, and a platform formed in between the root member and the airfoil to stably support the airfoil over the rotor disk, the blade further including first and second bumps being respectively formed on each end side of the platform to face the introduced air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Junhyuk Seo, Jeongjin Lee
  • Patent number: 11149555
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a turbine engine for can include an engine component. The engine component can include an interior cooling passage at least partially defining a cooling circuit for passing a flow of cooling fluid through the component. Film holes provide for exhausting a portion of the cooling fluid to an exterior of the component, to form a cooling film along an exterior hot surface of the engine component. A deflector can be position within the cooling passage upstream form the film hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Kirk D. Gallier
  • Patent number: 11149739
    Abstract: An air-cooled heat exchanger has a plenum, an engine, and a fan assembly driven by the engine and configured to move air through the plenum. The fan assembly has a fan, a fan shaft connected to the fan, and a fan shaft bearing assembly that supports the fan shaft. The fan shaft bearing assembly has a fan shaft bearing and a vertical adjustment mechanism that selectively controls the vertical position of the fan shaft bearing. The air-cooled heat exchanger may optionally include a horizontal adjustment mechanism that selectively controls the horizontal position of the fan shaft bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hudson Products Corporation
    Inventors: Indian Martin, Bailey Meadows