Patents Assigned to Volvo Aero Corporation
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Patent number: 8061981Abstract: In a blade intended to be exposed to a gas flow at high speed during operation of a flow machine comprising the blade, the blade includes a front end designed to face towards the incoming gas flow and a rear end. The front end is provided with a concave area that is such that during operation a stagnation point for the incoming gas flow arises at a distance in front of an outer blade surface that defines the concave area and such that the outer blade surface is thereby at least partially protected from the incoming gas flow.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2004Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Volvo Aero CorporationInventors: Pieter Groth, Hans Mårtensson
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Publication number: 20110262277Abstract: A gas turbine composite workpiece, such as a workpiece forming a part of a gas turbine casing, is provided. The workpiece includes at least two components joined by at least one weld seam. In order to reduce thermal stresses of the workpiece during operation, the weld seam is interrupted by at least one aperture. In order to reduce the exchange of gases between the workpiece's sides, the workpiece may be equipped with an arrangement for preventing gas flow through the aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: VOLVO AERO CORPORATIONInventors: Roger Sjöqvist, Dan Gustafsson, Hasse Lindell
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Patent number: 8002168Abstract: A method is provided for producing an engine wall structure that includes an inner wall, to which hot gas is admitted during engine operation, an outer wall, which is colder than the inner wall during engine operation, and at least two webs that connect the inner wall with the outer wall and delimit a cooling duct between the walls. The engine wall structure is produced by wire-electro discharge machining the duct out of a solid sheet forming the entire engine wall structure including the inner wall, the outer wall and the webs.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2005Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Volvo Aero CorporationInventor: Arne Boman
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Patent number: 7991593Abstract: A method of optimising a sequential combinatorial process comprising an interchangeable sequence of events uses a master model to model a selection of the possible sequences. Information derived from the master model is used in a surrogate model that approximates the master model. The surrogate model calculates all possible sequences using an algorithm to select information calculated by the master model that most closely matches the events of a present sequence, following a prioritised system so that the best match is used wherever possible. All results from the surrogate model are compared to identify the modelled sequence that gives results closest to a desired optimum result.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignees: Volvo Aero Corporation, University of SouthamptonInventors: Tor-Morten Överby Olsen, Karl Henrik Runnemalm, Andrew John Keane, Ivan Voutchkov, Atul Bhaskar
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Publication number: 20110164969Abstract: A method for producing a vane for application in a component in a gas turbine engine includes casting at least one of a vane leading edge part and a vane trailing edge part and connecting the leading edge part and the trailing edge part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2007Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Volvo Aero CorporationInventors: Lisa Falk, Elin Skoglund
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Patent number: 7905448Abstract: In an annular torsional rigid static component for an aircraft engine, the component includes at least one arrangement for mounting the engine to an aircraft. The mounting arrangement comprises a body formed in a composite material.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Volvo Aero CorporationInventors: Anders Sjunnesson, Henrik Karlsson, Mathias Andersson
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Patent number: 7900460Abstract: An outlet device for a jet engine includes an outlet nozzle and a plurality of guide vanes arranged movably in the outlet nozzle for guiding a gas from the jet engine for the purpose of steering a craft equipped with the jet engine. At least one of the guide vanes can be adjusted into such a position that hot parts of the engine located inside the outlet nozzle are at least substantially concealed seen from the outlet side of the outlet nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Volvo Aero CorporationInventor: Melker Härefors
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Publication number: 20110005192Abstract: A cooling system for an aircraft includes a cooling circuit for transporting a coolant, with the cooling circuit running to a component in the aircraft that is heated up during flying in order to take up heat from the heated-up component via the coolant. The cooling circuit runs to a jet engine for propulsion of the aircraft in order to release heat to a flow of gas in the jet engine via the coolant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: Volvo Aero CorporationInventors: Hans Martensson, Anders Hellgren
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Patent number: 7866228Abstract: The invention relates to a device (20) for moving at least one moveable element (19) in a gas turbine engine (1) between a first and a second position. The device includes a linkage (21) that connects a pivotable annular member (18) with the moveable element (19) in such a way that the movement of the moveable element (19) between the two positions is accomplished when the annular member (18) is pivoted. The linkage (21) has a link member (22) connected to the moveable element (19) via a first articulation joint (23). The device also has a support member (24) that supports the link member (22) at a distance from the first articulation joint.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Volvo Aero CorporationInventors: Egon Aronsson, Mike Billett
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Publication number: 20110002778Abstract: A gas turbine housing component includes a wall structure including two adjacent wall parts and a connection arrangement arranged between adjacent edges of the two wall parts. The connection arrangement includes an elongated seal strip positioned along the wall part edges and bridging the distance between the wall part edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2008Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: Volvo Aero CorporationInventors: Linda Strom, Jonas Linskog, Per Widström
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Publication number: 20110000223Abstract: A gas turbine component includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced struts which are rigidly connected to the inner ring and the outer ring forming a load-carrying structure. The component includes at least one fairing connected to two adjacent struts defining a gas channel between the struts and the fairing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: Volvo Aero CorporationInventor: David Russberg
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Publication number: 20100314467Abstract: A thermal spraying device includes an arrangement for generating a flame and an arrangement for injecting a powder into the flame, the flame-generating means including an end piece out of an outlet of which the flame is directed towards a substrate subjected to spraying, and the powder-injection arrangement includes a frame element that projects in the flame ejection direction from the end piece, that at least partly surrounds a flame zone extending from the end piece, and that presents an inner circumference that is larger than the inner circumference of the outlet, and at least one powder port for the introduction of a powder to the flame being arranged on the inner periphery of the frame element at a distance from the outlet of the end piece as seen in the flame ejection direction. There is provided at least one gas injection opening in the frame element, the gas injection opening being located between the outlet of the end piece and the at least one powder port as seen in the flame ejection direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicants: VOLVO AERO CORPORATION, Hogskolan Trollhattan/Uddevalla Inst. for TeknikInventors: Jan Wigren, Jimmy Johansson, Stefan Björklund, Isabelle Choquet
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Publication number: 20100314466Abstract: A thermal spraying device includes an arrangement for generating a flame and an arrangement for injecting a powder into the flame, the flame-generating means including an end piece out of an outlet of which the flame is directed towards a substrate subjected to spraying, and the powder-injection arrangement includes a frame element that projects in the flame ejection direction from the end piece, that at least partly surrounds a flame zone extending from the end piece, and that presents an inner circumference that is larger than the inner circumference of the outlet, and at least one powder port for the introduction of a powder to the flame being arranged on the inner periphery of the frame element at a distance from the outlet of the end piece as seen in the flame ejection direction. There is provided at least one gas injection opening in the frame element, the gas injection opening being located between the outlet of the end piece and the at least one powder port as seen in the flame ejection direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicants: VOLVO AERO CORPORATION, Hogskolan Trollhattan/Uddevalla Inst. for TeknikInventors: Jan Wigren, Jimmy Johansson, Stefan Björklund, Isabelle Choquet
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Publication number: 20100301617Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes in serial flow relationship: a first compressor provided with at least one row of compressor blades distributed circumferentially around the first compressor; a combustion chamber; and a first turbine provided with at least one row of turbine blades distributed circumferentially around the first turbine, wherein the first compressor and the first turbine are rotationally rigidly connected by a first shaft. The first turbine is adapted to influence a gas flow rate through the gas turbine engine depending on a rotational speed of the first turbine, wherein the gas turbine engine further includes an arrangement for controlling the rotational speed of the first turbine. A method for controlling a gas flow rate in an axial flow gas turbine engine is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: VOLVO AERO CORPORATIONInventor: Anders Lundbladh
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Publication number: 20100300067Abstract: A component configured for being subjected to a high thermal load during operation includes a wall structure with a tubular shape, wherein the wall structure includes a plurality of cooling channels for handling a coolant flow. The wall structure is divided in a plurality of sectors in a circumferential direction of the wall structure. Each sector includes at least two cooling channels and the wall structure is configured to prevent coolant flow communication between the cooling channels in adjacent sectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2008Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Volvo Aero CorporationInventor: Arne Boman
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Publication number: 20100278641Abstract: A liner for a turbine section includes a first wall, a plurality of webs interconnected with and projecting from the first wall, and a plurality of cooling channels, each of the cooling channels being delimited by two adjacent webs and the first wall, wherein each cooling channel presents a height corresponding to the height of its delimiting webs, and a width corresponding to the distance between its delimiting webs. At least one of the cooling channels has a width/height ratio of below 5 or/and the material of the webs has a higher thermal conductivity than the material of the first wall. A turbine section, a gas turbine engine and an aeroplane provided with such a liner are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Volvo Aero CorporationInventor: Arne Boman
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Patent number: 7802962Abstract: A bearing support structure is provided for installation in a gas turbine engine between radially inner first and second bearings adapted to rotatably support a first and a second rotor, respectively, and a radially outer engine frame. The support structure includes a first annular plate-shaped part and an arrangement for supporting the first bearing at one end thereof and a second annular plate-shaped part and an arrangement for supporting the second bearing at one end thereof. The first and second plate-shaped parts are joined together forming a one-piece unit for installation in the gas turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2005Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Volvo Aero CorporationInventor: Roger Sjöqvist
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Patent number: 7798778Abstract: A wheel for a rotating flow machine, comprising a rotor (1) on which a plurality of blades (2) are arranged projecting radially from the rotor (1), with each blade (2) having a root (3) attached to the rotor (1) and a blade top (4). In addition, the wheel comprises a ring (5) arranged concentrically in relation to the rotor (1) outside the blade tops (4) in such a way that the ring (5) and the blades (2) overlap each other when the ring and the blades are viewed in a radial direction, which ring (5) is arranged to be caused to rotate by the blades (2) when the rotor (1) rotates. The extent (9) of the blades (2) in a radial direction and the internal dimension (10) of the ring (5) are matched to each other in such a way that there is a clearance (?) between each blade top (4) and the ring (5) in radial direction when the rotor (1) is not rotating.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Volvo Aero CorporationInventor: Hans Mårtensson
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Patent number: 7779541Abstract: Method for manufacturing a stator component or rotor component (10) including at least one ring element (3). A joining material is provided in contact with at least one of the blade (2) and the ring element (3). The blade and the ring element are arranged in relation to one another in such a way that they are joined together via a butt joint when heated, and when such heat-treatment is subsequently carried out, the joining material forms a melt that joins the parts together upon solidification.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2004Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Volvo Aero CorporationInventors: Johan Ockborn, Johan Högström
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Publication number: 20100199633Abstract: A bleed structure for a bleed passage in a gas turbine engine includes a first wall portion defining a first side of an opening for the passage, and a second wall portion defining a second side, opposite the first side of the opening. The first and second wall portions end at different positions in an extension direction of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: VOLVO AERO CORPORATIONInventors: Hans Martensson, Martin Nilsson