Patents Examined by Danielle M Christensen
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Patent number: 11965426Abstract: The turbine (12) for a turbine engine (100) extends around a major axis (X-X) and comprises: —a casing (4) comprising an annular hook (38), —a movably mounted impeller (16), —a ring (30) extending opposite the impeller in a direction radial to the major axis (XX), —a distributor (14) comprising a blade provided with a platform (11), the platform being extended radially outwards by a spoiler (22, 24), the spoiler (22, 24) being radially mounted on the hook (38), and —foils (40) each having a profiled trough shape in a direction circumferential to the axis, the foils extending in succession in the circumferential direction, each foil (40) extending between the spoiler (22, 24) and the hook (38). The turbine comprises stops (162) to prevent the foils (40) from moving in the circumferential direction. Each foil (40) comprises a protrusion (162) arranged so as to extend circumferentially opposite another protrusion (162) of another adjacent foil (40).Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Franck Davy Boisnault, Florent Pierre Antoine Luneau, Axel Sylvain Loïc Thomas
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Patent number: 11946388Abstract: A turbine engine with an outer rotor that circumscribes an inner rotor. The outer rotor includes circumferentially arranged components with a radial outer end and radial inner end. Inner ends of confronting sides of adjacent components include at least one damper element to dampen the relative motion of the components or to provide at least a partial seal between adjacent components.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: GE Avio S.r.l.Inventors: Antonio Giusseppe D'Ettole, Andrea Depalma, Roberto Maddaleno, Matteo Renato Usseglio
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Patent number: 11939879Abstract: This blade repair method has: a first welding step in which overlay welding in which a first welding material is used is performed to form a notched part and a bury a first region positioned on a blade-body side with a first welding material; and a second welding step in which, after the first welding step, overlay welding in which a second welding material is used is performed to form a notched part and bury a second region positioned on a front-surface side of a platform with the second welding material. The high-temperature strength of the second welding material is higher than the high-temperature strength of the first welding material, the weldability of the first welding material is higher than the weldability of the second welding material, and the second region is located in a range from 1.0 mm to 3.0 mm (inclusive) from the front surface of the platform toward the blade body.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Osamu Ueda, Hiroshi Murai, Ryoji Fushino
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Patent number: 11920606Abstract: Fuel pump for an aircraft engine, comprising an inducer and a centrifugal impeller fixed together and having an axis of rotation, an annular space spacing axially the inducer and the impeller, and two contact portions between the inducer and the impeller disposed radially outside the annular space, a first plenum chamber and a second plenum chamber, in which the inducer and the impeller are spaced axially from each other, each being disposed between the two contact portions, the plenum chambers being symmetrical to each other with respect to the axis of rotation and in fluid communication with the annular space, the centrifugal impeller comprising a plurality of axial balancing holes distributed about the axis of rotation and opening out into the annular space at one end, and into a downstream space of the impeller at the other end.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Petar Dimitrov Tomov, Loïc Pora, Sébastien Christophe Loval
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Patent number: 11913359Abstract: The disclosure provides a nozzle adapted for placement within a flowpath of a turbomachine. The nozzle includes an airfoil having a suction side; a pressure side opposing the suction side; a leading edge between the pressure side and the suction side; a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and between the pressure side and the suction side; a root region at a first radial end; a tip region at a second radial end opposite the first radial end; and a midspan region between the root region and the tip region. An endwall is connected with the root region or the tip region of the airfoil along the suction side, the pressure side, the trailing edge, and the leading edge. The trailing edge of the airfoil has an elliptical shape having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in TABLE I.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLCInventors: James Robert Einwaechter, Matthew Scott Lutz, Michael John Williams, Jr.
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Patent number: 11905963Abstract: A suction throttling valve adjusts flow of a process gas through an inlet flowline. A compressor pressurizes the process gas. An outlet flowline flows the process gas from the compressor. An anti-surge flowline branching from the outlet flowline directs a first portion of the process gas from the outlet flowline back to the inlet flowline. The anti-surge flowline is connected to the inlet flowline intermediate of the suction throttling valve and the compressor. An anti-surge control valve adjusts flow of the first portion of the process gas through the anti-surge flowline to the inlet flowline. A bypass flowline provides an alternative flow path for a second portion of the process gas flowing through the anti-surge flowline to the inlet flowline around the suction throttling valve. A bypass control valve adjusts flow of the second portion of the process gas through the bypass flowline.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: Talal H. Rashidi
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Patent number: 11905932Abstract: A device and a method of controlling blade instabilities of a wind turbine is provided. The method including the following steps: defining at least one preliminary overspeed threshold value; defining a fluttering rotor speed at and above which a predetermined fluttering of at least one of the blades occurs, the fluttering rotor speed is defined as a function of the pitch angle and/or as a function of the wind speed; setting a final overspeed threshold value to be equal to or smaller than a minimum rotor speed of the at least one preliminary overspeed threshold value and the fluttering rotor speed at the actual pitch angle and/or at the actual wind speed; and controlling the rotor speed to not exceed the final overspeed threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/SInventors: Johannes Gerhardes Wardjan Alberts, Bjarne Skovmose Kallesøe
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Patent number: 11905974Abstract: Disclosed is a suction damping case. A refrigerant introduced into the suction damping case flows for a predetermined period of time at reduced pressure and speed, and then is discharged to the outside of the body, so that a damping function can be made. When the suction damping case is coupled to a rear housing, a hook and an embossing prevents the suction damping case from being separated.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Kyu Namkoong, Seong Gyu Gong, Eun Gi Son, Bok Ki Park, Hew Nam Ahn
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Patent number: 11905839Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an aircraft turbine engine housing, the housing (23) comprising: —an annular shell (29) with axis A; —an annular element (24; 253, 254) attached to the inside of the shell (29), the annular element comprising a body (25) made of NIDA-type cellular material and comprising a downstream portion (252) covered with an abradable material (26), and an upstream portion (251) without abradable material, the body (25) extending in a continuous manner from the upstream portion (251) to the downstream portion (252), the method comprising: —manufacturing the annular element in the form of a continuous annular body, —cutting the annular body into segments (253, 254), —attaching the segments to the shell, and —depositing the abradable material (26) onto the inside surface (25a) of the downstream portion (252).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Thomas Dupays, Clement Bourolleau, Coline Poulenc, Anwer Siraj
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Patent number: 11891902Abstract: A measurement system for an aircraft gas turbine engine includes an instrumentation hub disposed about a rotational axis. The instrumentation hub includes at least one probe. The measurement system further includes a shield hub disposed about the rotational axis and positioned axially adjacent the instrumentation hub. The shield hub includes at least one shield configured to be radially aligned with the at least one probe of the instrumentation hub. The shield hub is rotatable about the rotational axis independent of the instrumentation hub. The at least one shield is axially translatable between a first axial position and a second axial position. The at least one shield in the first axial position is axially aligned with the at least one probe. The at least one shield in the second axial position is axially separated from the at least one probe.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Inventor: Patrice Remy
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Patent number: 11891918Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustment assembly for the adjustment of adjustable blades or vanes of a turbomachine, having an adjustment ring for coupling to the adjustable blades or vanes of a blade or vane ring and having an adjusting mechanism, which has a coupling rod for coupling to a further blade or vane ring as well as a lever and a push rod, wherein the lever is rotatably mounted at a pivot and has a load arm as well as a force arm, wherein the load arm of the lever is coupled to the push rod and its force arm is coupled to the coupling rod, on different sides of the lever, so that an offset of the coupling rod via the lever and the push rod is converted to a rotation of the adjustment ring around the ring axis thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventor: Oskar Ostermeir
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Patent number: 11891920Abstract: A turbine stator vane includes: a vane body which includes: an airfoil portion which has a serpentine flow passage inside thereof, the serpentine flow passage including a plurality of cooling flow passages and a plurality of turn-back flow passages; a shroud disposed on at least one of a tip end side or a root end side, in the vane height direction, of the airfoil portion; and a lid portion fixed to the airfoil portion. The lid portion forming the turn-back flow passage and being provided as a separate member from the airfoil portion. The lid portion has an inner wall surface width formed to be greater than the flow-passage width of the cooling passage formed in the airfoil portion, and a minimum value of a thickness of the lid portion is smaller than a thickness of a part of the shroud to which the lid portion is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hidemichi Koyabu, Satoshi Hada
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Patent number: 11885234Abstract: A turbomachine includes a shroud and a hub spaced apart from the shroud to channel an airflow along a direction. The turbomachine includes a plurality of airfoils coupled between the shroud and the hub. At least one airfoil of the plurality of airfoils includes a leading edge spaced apart from a trailing edge in the direction of the airflow and a pressure side opposite a suction side. The turbomachine includes at least one local vortex generator array defined on the suction side so as to extend onto the hub or the shroud. The at least one local vortex generator array is defined downstream of the leading edge.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Bruce D. Reynolds, John Repp
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Patent number: 11885230Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine. The airfoil includes a unique cooling path for a coolant, routing the coolant through a cooling cavity, through a column of crossover passages and through a pin array near a trailing edge of the airfoil. The crossover passages produce impingement cooling and the pin array produces convective cooling. This combination of impingement cooling and convective cooling results in increased cooling of the airfoil and better aeromechanical life objectives.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES & CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.Inventors: Hyunwoo Joo, W. David Day, Walter Marussich, Jeff Greenberg
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Patent number: 11879346Abstract: A method for upgrading a gas turbine, the method includes: a) removing all guide vanes of the first guide vane stage; b) replacing the removed guide vanes of the first guide vane stage with new or reconditioned guide vanes, wherein blade platforms of the new or reconditioned guide vanes are provided with cooling air bores which fluidically connect a cooling air supply duct to the annular gap and open into the annular gap, and wherein the cooling air bores are arranged in such a manner that more cooling air bores open into regions of an annular gap that are arranged radially inwards from leading edges of the guide vanes than in other regions of the annular gap.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Harald Kunte, Robert Kunte, Karen Lee, Michael Wagner
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Patent number: 11879437Abstract: A method for controlling heating of rotor blades of an aerodynamic rotor of a wind turbine, wherein, the heating of the rotor blades is initiated, if icing of the rotor blades is expected, wherein according to an icing criteria, if icing is expected is evaluated depending on a determined ambient temperature, a determined relative humidity, and a determined wind speed, each defining a determined weather parameter, and further according to the icing criteria, if icing is expected is evaluated depending on a temporal change of at least one of these weather parameters and/or of at least one other weather parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbHInventors: Tarik Daqoune, Mouhcine Akki, Aubai Al Khatib, Elsy Arratia-Scheit
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Patent number: 11879361Abstract: A vane for a turbine engine includes a body in the form of an aerodynamic profile formed by a shell produced from a composite material formed from a three-dimensional textile of reinforcement fibres consolidated by a hardened resin. The shell forms a pressure surface and a suction surface of the vane connected to each other while forming on one side a leading edge and on the opposite side a trailing edge of the vane, and a core including a core body surrounded by the shell. The core is produced from non-porous plastics material, and the core body is in the form of an aerodynamic profile and delimits at least one closed cavity of the core.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Hervé Grelin, Laurent Jean Baptiste Baroumes
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Patent number: 11873800Abstract: An energy conversion unit for converting wind energy into electrical energy includes at least one rotor with a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, having a plurality of rotor blades extending radially to the axis of rotation, wherein the rotor has a flow direction which corresponds to the axis of rotation, a wall to be arranged next to a traffic route for vehicles which can move on the traffic route in a direction of travel and the movement of which causes an air flow, wherein the wall has a receptacle in which the rotor is arranged, wherein the receptacle has an opening on a side surface of the wall to be directed towards the traffic route, and wherein the axis of rotation of the at least one rotor is oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventor: Mario Immig
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Patent number: 11873735Abstract: A composite component for a gas turbine engine includes a body including a composite material. Furthermore, the composite component includes a connection feature integrally woven to the body. Additionally, the connection portion includes a composite material. Moreover, the composite material of the body and the composite material of the connection feature include alternating layers of fiber tows integrally woven together.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mitchell Harold Boyer, Christopher Timothy Roll, Kristin Lynn Bolte Baxter, Joseph Saeler
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Patent number: 11873827Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a ceiling fan includes a shaft coupled to a ceiling or a wall surface, a housing cover provided at a central axis thereof with a shaft and receiving a motor assembly and an electronic unit, and a blade coupled to the housing cover. The electronic unit is provided in a multi-stage.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jihoon Bae, Atul Dhiman, Shivendra Singh, Anand Anand, Seulki Kim, Yeongcheol Mun, Jeeman Park