Patents Assigned to General Electrics Company
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Patent number: 12000289Abstract: A seal assembly for a rotary machine, such as a turbine engine, may include one or more seal segments that respectively include a seal housing defining a seal chamber and one or more fluid supply apertures that pass through the seal housing, and a seal body defining a seal face and one or more fluid conduits that pass through the seal body to the seal face. The seal chamber may receive at least a portion of the seal body, and the seal body may move within the seal chamber along a radial axis of a rotor of the rotary engine. The fluid supply apertures may fluidly communicate with the fluid conduits, and the fluid conduits may fluidly communicate with a fluid-bearing gap defined between the seal face and a rotor face of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignees: General Electric Company, General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbHInventors: Antonio Guijarro Valencia, Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Rahul Anil Bidkar, Scott Alan Schimmels, Tran Quang Tue Nguyen
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Patent number: 11998974Abstract: A casting core used in the manufacture of a cast engine component for a turbine engine, the cast engine component having a first area, a second area, a fluid passage wall separating the first area and the second area, and a connecting fluid passage extending through the fluid passage wall and interconnecting the first area and the second area. The connecting fluid passage having a turn with a radius (R). The casting core having a first core and a second core. The first core and the second core being defined by a set of geometric characteristics having a first minimum equivalent diameter (D1eqmin) of the first core and a second minimum equivalent diameter (D2eqmin) of the second core. A first flexible geometry factor (FGF1) being equal to: ( D ? 1 eq ? min D ? 2 eq ? min ) ? ( R D ? 2 eq ? min ) .Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Zachary Daniel Webster, Craig Alan Gonyou, Daniel Lee Durstock, Kevin R. Feldmann, Kirk Douglas Gallier, William C. Herman, Nicholas Charles Gentilli
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Patent number: 11999058Abstract: A robotic arm is inserted into a passage of a part to be examined. Operator instructions defining a tip motion for a tip of the robotic arm, sensor readings, and an environmental map are received. The operator instructions, the environmental map and sensor readings are applied to a previously trained machine learning model to produce control signals. The control signals to an actuator on the arm to control a movement of the robotic arm allowing the robotic arm to automatically gain traction in the passage and automatically move according to the movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignees: General Electric Company, OLIVER CRISPIN ROBOTICS LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, Julian Matthew Foxall, Rafael S. Brada, Guy Ben-Yosef
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Patent number: 12000359Abstract: A cascade thrust reverser assembly is provided for a turbofan engine. The turbofan engine includes a nacelle assembly defining a bypass passage, and the cascade thrust reverser assembly includes at least one cascade assembly configured to be at least partially enclosed by the nacelle assembly. The cascade assembly may further include a plurality of cascade segments and an actuation assembly operably connected to the plurality of cascade segments, wherein the actuation assembly is configured to increase an axial extent of the cascade assembly and rotate the plurality of cascade segments.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bugra Han Ertas, Trevor Howard Wood
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Patent number: 12000339Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to monolithic superstructures for supporting a rotating shaft coupled to a rotor relative to a stator. An integral superstructure supports the rotating component. The superstructure includes a bearing portion that contacts the shaft. A stator portion, is spaced a critical dimension radially outward, from the rotor. A first annular transfer portion extends axially forward from the bearing to the stator portion. A second annular transfer portion extends axially aft from the stator portion to a mounting flange. The mounting flange connects the superstructure to a frame. The superstructure maintains a critical dimension between the rotor and the stator as the temperature of the superstructure increases. The rotor may be a compressor impeller in a gas turbine engine and the stator may be an aero component that transfers air into a combustor.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joshua Tyler Mook, John Alan Manteiga, Christopher Williams
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Patent number: 12000662Abstract: A thermal structure for management of thermal energy, the thermal structure including: a first wall structure defining a first cavity; a second wall structure defining a second cavity, the second cavity in fluid communication with the first cavity; and a barrier cavity defined at least in-part by the first wall structure and the second wall structure, wherein the barrier cavity is disposed between the first cavity and the second cavity and includes a pressurized barrier fluid therein or is configured to receive the pressurized barrier fluid during operation of the thermal structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel Jason Erno, William Dwight Gerstler, Biao Fang, Laura Cerully Dial, Voramon Supatarawanich Dheeradhada, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock
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Patent number: 12000342Abstract: An air turbine starter (ATS) for a gas turbine engine having an accessory gear box (AGB) with a lubricant reservoir, the air turbine starter comprising a housing at least partially defining a working air flow path; a turbine section comprising a turbine having an output shaft and a plurality of blades circumferential spaced about the output shaft and at least partially extending into the working air flow path; a drive section having a drive shaft operably coupled to the output shaft to engage the AGB; and a lubrication recirculation circuit fluidly coupled to the lubricant reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Narendra Dev Mahadevaiah, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Subrata Nayak, Milind Chandrakant Dhabade, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, David Allan Dranschak
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Patent number: 12000296Abstract: A seal for a rotor is provided. The rotor defines an axial direction, a circumferential direction, and a radial direction. The seal includes a first flexible element coupled to the rotor. The first flexible element extends in a first direction that is within forty five degrees of the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Douglas Johnson, Neelesh Nandkumar Sarawate
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Patent number: 11999500Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes a housing, a propulsion system supported within the housing, and an inlet assembly supported by an outer surface of the housing. The inlet assembly includes: at least one fluid channel in fluid communication with the propulsion system; and a first scoop coupled to the housing and movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The first scoop is aligned with the housing in the stowed position to prevent air from entering the propulsion system, and the first scoop projects from the outer surface of the housing in the deployed position to direct air through the at least one fluid channel and into the propulsion system to generate thrust. The inlet assembly includes a flap disposed upstream of the first scoop. The flap is moveable between a flap stowed position and a flap deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Vladimir Balepin, Fabian Chacon, Dean P. Modroukas, Neal Rosenblum, William Henderson, Samuel G. Cavas, Patrick M. Drennan
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Patent number: 12003154Abstract: An article can include a ceramic insulator with an interior surface defining a recess, an insulator aperture in the interior surface, and an insulator cooling channel extending through at least a portion of the ceramic insulator to the insulator aperture. A first conductor can be at least partially disposed within the recess.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jie Jerry Liu, Anil Raj Duggal
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Patent number: 12000406Abstract: Impeller bearings for pumps are disclosed. An example fluid pump includes a motor, a shaft coupled to a rotor of the motor, an impeller coupled to the shaft, a first radial bearing positioned around the shaft of the motor aft of the motor, and a second radial bearing positioned around the impeller.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David Raju Yamarthi, Brian G. Brzek, Adam Joseph Wangler, David Justin Brady, Prachi Anand Tappu, Santosh Pattnaik, Mohan Kannaiah Raju
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Patent number: 12003627Abstract: A method includes identifying connections between plural components of a time sensitive network (TSN) that are interconnected via a predetermined connection plan. The method also includes determining quantum key distribution (QKD) information of the components. Also, the method further includes scheduling flows for the TSN based on the QKD information of the components.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Stephen Francis Bush
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Publication number: 20240178721Abstract: An electrical machine includes a stator assembly coupled to an engine stator component of a propulsion engine. The stator assembly includes a stator support assembly fixedly attached to the engine stator component and a stator disposed on a supporting surface of the stator support structure. The electrical machine also includes a rotor assembly including a rotor support structure connected to a shaft of the propulsion engine and a rotor attached to the rotor support structure such that the rotor is disposed radially inward of the stator. The rotor exchanges rotational energy with the shaft to operate as either an electrical motor or an electrical generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicants: General Electric Company, General Electric Company Polska sp. z o.o., General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbHInventors: Miroslaw Czarnik, Adam Tomasz Pazinski, Bartlomiej Drozd, Darek Zatorski, Maciej Krzysztof Grunwald, Mohamed Osama, John R. Yagielski
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Patent number: 11994294Abstract: A combustor includes a skeleton mesh structure having a plurality of structural elements configured to mesh together to form the skeleton mesh structure, each of the plurality of structural elements including a frame and, a plurality of louvers connected to the frame. The combustor also includes an inner liner mounted to the skeleton mesh structure to define a combustion chamber. The inner liner includes a plurality of inner planks mounted to the skeleton mesh structure, each of the plurality of inner planks being mounted to a corresponding one of the plurality of structural elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Hiranya Nath, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Sripathi Mohan
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Patent number: 11994295Abstract: A swirler assembly includes a swirler having primary swirler with a primary swirler venturi, a swirler ferrule plate connected to the primary swirler, and a fuel nozzle disposed in the swirler ferrule plate. The swirler ferrule plate has an aft wall, an annular conical wall, and an annular cavity wall that together form an annular cavity. The annular cavity includes a plurality of inlet orifices, and at least one outlet orifice. A flow of oxidizer through the plurality of inlet orifices into the annular cavity incurs a first pressure drop from a first pressure of a pressure plenum to a second pressure lower than the first pressure, and a flow of the oxidizer from the annular cavity through the at least one outlet orifice into the primary swirler venturi incurs a second pressure drop from the second pressure to a third pressure lower than the second pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Pradeep Naik, Shai Birmaher, Kwanwoo Kim, Saket Singh, Perumallu Vukanti, Karthikeyan Sampath, Steven C. Vise, Nicholas R. Overman, Michael A. Benjamin
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Patent number: 11994039Abstract: A gas turbine engine having a rotor blade stage with a plurality of circumferentially spaced rotors, a nozzle stage adjacent the rotor blade stage and including an outer nozzle end, at least one stop, and a shroud. The shroud having a forward end positioned radially outward from the circumferentially spaced rotor blades, and an aft end axially aft of the forward end. The at least one stop confronting at least a portion of the outer nozzle end.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kirk Douglas Gallier, Charles William Craig, III
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Patent number: 11994291Abstract: An annular combustor includes a combustion liner defining a combustion chamber, the combustion liner having an outer liner and an inner liner and a plurality of dimples in the combustion liner. The combustion liner is characterized by a performance factor greater than or equal to one and less than or equal to seven. An engine includes the annular combustor.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Hiranya Nath, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Ajoy Patra, Rajendra Wankhade
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Patent number: 11994165Abstract: A lubricant supply system for a squeeze film damper. The lubricant supply system includes a fluid passage configured to supply a lubricant to the squeeze film damper of a bearing assembly. The fluid passage includes a first flow path for lubricant into the lubricant supply system and into the squeeze film damper of the bearing assembly and a second flow path for lubricant into the squeeze film damper of the bearing assembly. The lubricant supply system includes a valve assembly configured to allow the fluid passage to move from the first flow path to the second flow path in response to an interruption of the first flow path.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Charles S. Orkiszewski, Weize Kang
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Patent number: 11994041Abstract: Diffuser apparatus for turbine frames and outlet guide vanes are disclosed. An example diffuser is integrated into a turbine engine. The example diffuser includes a plurality of struts extending between an inner portion and an outer portion of the turbine engine; and a plurality of flowpath surfaces supported by the plurality of struts. The example plurality of flowpath surfaces extends circumferentially within the turbine engine at a plurality of radial spans to control diffusion of air flow within the turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christopher R. Johnson, Thomas J. Lipinski, Eric Schroeder, Carlos Fernandez, David A. Perveiler
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Patent number: 11994292Abstract: An integrated combustor nozzle includes a combustion liner that extends radially between an inner liner segment and an outer liner segment, the combustion liner includes a forward end portion, an aft end portion, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The aft end portion of the combustion liner defines a turbine nozzle. The combustion liner defines a cavity forward of the turbine nozzle. The cavity extends between the first side wall and the second side wall. An impingement cooling apparatus positioned within the cavity. The impingement cooling apparatus includes a flange. The impingement cooling apparatus further includes a plurality of impingement members configured to direct coolant to impinge upon the first side wall and the second side wall. Each impingement member extends from a respective inlet defined within the flange to a respective closed end. A plurality of impingement apertures are defined on each impingement member.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jonathan Dwight Berry, Michael John Hughes