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  • Publication number: 20230302539
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing build files in an additive manufacturing process in order to predict defects in an additive part. The system and method further include the steps of reading an additive build file containing a set of scan paths of a three-dimensional (3D) object for a build, the set of scan paths comprising a plurality of points, creating a transfer function from parameters in the build file that corresponds to a local melt pool shape at each point of the plurality of points along the scan paths, and identifying potential defective portions of the additive part including at least one of pores, excessive melting, or surface finish based on the transfer function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian S. McCarthy, Pinghai Yang, Vipul Kumar Gupta, Andrey I. Meshkov, Rajesh Bollapragada
  • Publication number: 20230302725
    Abstract: A method for additively printing extension segments on workpieces using an additive manufacturing machine includes controlling, with a computing system, an operation of a print head of the machine such that a region of interest of a build plate of the machine is scanned with an electromagnetic radiation beam. Additionally, the method includes receiving, with the computing system, data associated with reflections of the beam off of the build plate as the region interest is scanned. Furthermore, the method includes receiving, with the computing system, data associated with a location of the beam relative to the build plate. Moreover, the method includes determining, with the computing system, a location of a workpiece interface based on the received data. In addition, the method includes controlling, with the computing system, the operation of the print head such that an extension segment is additively printed on the determined workpiece interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xiaolei Shi, Jinjie Shi, Joseph Edward Hampshire, Douglas Frank Hofmann, Pinghai Yang
  • Publication number: 20230300170
    Abstract: Systems and methods for power system switching element (PSSE) anomaly detection are disclosed. An example PSSE anomaly detection unit may include a power system switching element position estimator (PSSEPE) and a comparison unit. The PSSEPE may be configured to receive a set of measurements and a set of control commands associated with a PSSE, calculate an anomaly confidence score based on the set of measurements and the set of control commands, and estimate a calculated PSSE position based on the set of measurements and the set of control commands. The comparison unit may be configured to receive the calculated PSSE position from the PSSEPE, receive the set of measurements and the set of control commands from the PSSEPE, receive a reported PSSE position associated with the PSSE, and determine a PSSE anomaly decision based on a difference between the reported PSSE position and the calculated PSSE position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Masoud ABBASZADEH, Mitalkumar KANABAR, Subhrajit ROYCHOWDHURY, Pubudu Eroshan WEERATHUNGA, Balakrishna PAMULAPARTHY
  • Publication number: 20230297462
    Abstract: A method to be performed by a processor includes determining whether an application software has called an application programming interface, upon determination that the application software has called the application programming interface, determining whether one or more floating-point errors are recorded in a floating-point status register, and upon determination that one or more floating-point errors are recorded in the floating-point status register, performing a predefined action for each type of floating-point error recorded in the floating-point status register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Gilton, Matthew B. Pfenninger, Serge Rosine
  • Publication number: 20230282413
    Abstract: The present application concerns a transformer assembly. The transformer assembly includes a step-up transformer, a step-down transformer, and a phase shifting transformer having a source side and a load side connected, respectively, to the step-down transformer and the step-up transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Serge TIRILLY
  • Publication number: 20230283792
    Abstract: Reconstructing a second component signal relating to a second component of a multi-component picture from a spatially corresponding portion of a reconstructed first component signal and a correction signal derived from a data stream for the second component promises increased coding efficiency over a broader range of multi-component picture content. By including the spatially corresponding portion of the reconstructed first component signal into the reconstruction of the second component signal, any remaining inter-component redundancies/correlations present such as still present despite a possibly a priori performed component space transformation, or present because of having been introduced by such a priori performed component space transformation, for example, may readily be removed by way of the inter-component redundancy/correlation reduction of the second component signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC
    Inventors: Tung NGUYEN, Ali Atef Ibrahim KHAIRAT ABDELHAMID, Detlev MARPE
  • Publication number: 20230273938
    Abstract: A portable, hand-held computer functions as an intermediary between a database server and individual aircraft when the aircraft cannot be connected to the database server. By virtue of being portable and being locally linked (over time) to different aircraft, the intermediary computing device can provide the data upload validation and auditing for accurate billing of database usage for a flight database provided from the server. This ensures that each aircraft which receives an uploaded database is entitled to receive the upload based on a paid license. As a result, billing by the database vendor is based on usage. Licensing and data authentication is mediated by the intermediary computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. PLANTINGA, Joachim K. Hochwarth, Benjamin I. Coutts, Ralph D. Boozer
  • Publication number: 20230273160
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor comprising a sensor bonding layer disposed on a surface of the sensor, wherein the sensor bonding layer is a metallic alloy. An inlay includes a planar outer surface, wherein the inlay may be disposed on a curved surface of a structure. A structure bonding layer may be disposed on the planar outer surface of the inlay, wherein the structure bonding layer is a metallic alloy. The sensor bonding layer is coupled to the structure bonding layer via a metallic joint, and the sensor is configured to sense data of the structure through the metallic joint, the structure bonding layer, and the sensor bonding layer. The inlay comprises at least one of a modulus of elasticity, a shape, a thickness, and a size configured to reduce strain transmitted to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph Alfred Iannotti, Christopher James Kapusta, David Richard Esler
  • Publication number: 20230268846
    Abstract: Provided is a hybrid modular multilevel converter (HMMC) based on a neutral point pilot (NPP) topology and having an ABC N-phase structure. The HMMC includes N pairs of identical upper and lower arms, each upper and lower arm being composed of X submodules and Y sets of switches. The switches within each set are cascaded and connected in series, each of the submodules is formed of full-bridge silicon (Si) insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) converters, and at least one of the set of switches is formed of IGBTs of opposite polarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited
    Inventor: Zhi ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20230265349
    Abstract: Soluble water scavenger molecules for use with dielectric fluids are disclosed. An example dielectric fluid-based composition for reducing water content in a dielectric fluid may include a water-scavenging agent disposed within a dielectric fluid. The example dielectric fluid-based composition may further include the water-scavenging agent being soluble in the dielectric fluid. The example dielectric fluid-based composition may further include the water-scavenging agent being configured to react with water molecules in the dielectric fluid. The example dielectric fluid-based composition may be disposed in an electrical equipment immersed in oil. The electrical equipment may further include at least one solid insulation in operational contact with the dielectric fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Matthew David BUTTS, Weijun YIN, Jingjing YANG, Jie Jerry LIU
  • Publication number: 20230265796
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system adjusts parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
  • Publication number: 20230269398
    Abstract: An idea used herein is to use the same function for the dependency of the context and the dependency of the symbolization parameter on previously coded/decoded transform coefficients. Using the same function–with varying function parameter–may even be used with respect to different transform block sizes and/or frequency portions of the transform blocks in case of the transform coefficients being spatially arranged in transform blocks. A further variant of this idea is to use the same function for the dependency of a symbolization parameter on previously coded/decoded transform coefficients for different sizes of the current transform coefficient’s transform block, different information component types of the current transform coefficient’s transform block and/or different frequency portions the current transform coefficient is located within the transform block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC
    Inventors: Tung NGUYEN, Heiner KIRCHHOFFER, Detlev MARPE
  • Publication number: 20230268845
    Abstract: Provided is a hybrid modular multilevel converter (HMMC) based on a neutral point clamped (NPC) topology and having an ABC N-phase structure. The HMMC includes N pairs of identical upper and lower arms, each upper and lower arm being composed of X submodules and Y sets of switches. The switches within each set are cascaded and connected in series, each of the submodules is formed of full-bridge silicon (Si) insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) converters, and at least one of the set of switches is formed of IGBTs of opposite polarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited
    Inventor: Zhi ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20230258407
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine includes a heat exchanger body having a first surface and a second surface oriented at least partially at an oblique angle relative to the first surface. The heat exchanger body defines a plenum extending between the first and second surfaces. Furthermore, the heat exchanger body defines a fluid passage extending through the second surface such that the fluid passage is in fluid communication with the plenum. The fluid passage, in turn, includes first and second portions. The first portion intersects the plenum at an intersection and defines a line of projection extending normal to the second surface. The second portion defines a line of projection extending normal to the first surface. The fluid passage further includes a curved portion extending from the first portion to the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ramon Martinez, Raymond Floyd Martell, Donald Lee Gardner
  • Publication number: 20230255505
    Abstract: A maternal and fetal monitoring system includes a detection probe configured to conduct physiological measurements on a maternal abdomen, the detection probe comprising a probe housing configured to be attached to the maternal abdomen, and a plurality of electrodes integrated into the probe housing and configured to acquire biopotential physiological data from the maternal abdomen. At least one controller is configured to calculate fetal heart rate (fHR) values, maternal heart rate (mHR) values, and/or uterine activity (UA) values based on both the physiological measurements and the biopotential physiological data, and a graphical display communicatively connected to the controller to receives and visually presents the calculated fHR values, mHR values, and/or UA values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Kiran B. Kumar, Steve M. Falk
  • Publication number: 20230256511
    Abstract: A method for forming a component includes estimating a dosing plan for powder of a powder bed fusion (PBF) system needed to form the component. The dosing plan includes powder dosing requirements needed per layer to form the component. The method includes providing the dosing plan to a controller of the PBF system. Further, the method includes regulating the powder being supplied to a build chamber of the PBF system from a supply chamber of the PBF system based on the dosing plan. In addition, the method includes additively manufacturing the component via the PBF system using the powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Johnnattan Tennessee Ugarte, Joanna Mechelle Jayawickrema, Xuefeng Zhang, Jun Zheng Hu, Kishore Vetcha, Veeraraju Vanapalli, Andrew Jean Desrosiers, Ruben Egberto Fairman, Ryan Antony Lozier
  • Publication number: 20230260337
    Abstract: Provided is a method and a configurable status console for an aircraft verification and integration system (VAIS) of an aircraft network of an aircraft implemented within a computer system having one or more processors, the configurable status console via a processor performs an on-going scanning operation of the aircraft network and a simulation network in communication with the aircraft network, retrieves data that includes performance data, VAIS parameters and messaging data in real-time from the aircraft network and the simulation network, to determine the health of the aircraft, and analyzes the data and configures the status of the aircraft or components or simulation thereof and generates a configured status for the aircraft or components or simulation thereof to be displayed at the configurable status console.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Viola, Tyler M. Leamon
  • Publication number: 20230250272
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a water-based binder solution for use in additive manufacturing, includes a thermoplastic binder. The thermoplastic binder includes a first polymer strand having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from greater than or equal to 5,000 g/mol to less than or equal to 15,000 g/mol, a second polymer strand having a weight average molecular weight of from greater than or equal to 10,000 g/mol to less than or equal to 50,000 g/mol, and a third polymer strand having a weight average molecular weight of from greater than or equal to 1,000 g/mol to less than or equal to 5,000 g/mol. The binder solution further comprises from greater than or equal to 0.1 wt% to less than or equal to 5 wt% of a non-aqueous solvent having a boiling point of greater than 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Arunkumar Natarajan, William C. Alberts, Vadim Bromberg
  • Publication number: 20230250762
    Abstract: A system includes one or more debris sensors or particulate sensors are used to sense engine inlet debris or particulate matter which are drawn into the engine during flight, in real-time. The system employs that information, in conjunction with other engine health and module health techniques, to identify which gas-path modules of the aircraft engine may require maintenance or repair. In one embodiment, existing engine health technique may be based on various engine operational parameters for a new engine or an average engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jacques Paul, Charles W. Dowdell, James R. Noel
  • Publication number: 20230251651
    Abstract: Provided is a tangible computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of an aircraft, causes the hardware processor to execute a method. The method includes receiving, from an engine particulate sensor of the aircraft, a measure of particulate matter in a gas path of the engine during flight of the aircraft. The method also includes presenting to a pilot of the aircraft, a visualization of the particulate matter measure, wherein the visualization supports a navigation of the aircraft responsive to the presence of the particulate matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James R. Noel, Lauren M. Kelly, Jacques Paul
  • Publication number: 20230250730
    Abstract: A system and method for inspecting fan blade clearances in a fan stator module are presented. The method includes rotating a fan rotor assembly that includes an attached bracket situated between adjacent fan blades connected to the fan rotor assembly. The bracket includes a laser module and an inclinometer configured to measure a circumferential position of the laser module. The method further includes projecting a laser beam from the laser module to the fan case to determine a distance measurement between the laser module and the fan case at multiple circumferential points around the fan case. The distance measurement and circumferential position data is processed by a computing device to determine a clearance distance between a fan blade and the fan case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Subramanya Shankar, Marc Christopfel, Brian G. Quinn, Omar A. Ramirez, Sean M. O'Melia
  • Publication number: 20230253796
    Abstract: A converter station, for a bipole power transmission scheme, includes a first voltage source converter and a second source converter. Each converters have a first terminal as transmission conduit and a second terminal as a return conduit. The second terminal of the return conduit of the first converter is electrically connected to the first terminal of the transmission conduit of the second converter as being a same terminal. Both voltage source converters also includes at least one converter limb which extends between the first and second terminals of each converters. The or each converter limb includes first and second limb portions that are separated by a corresponding first and second AC terminal which is for connection to a respective phase of a first or second AC network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Mita Babu NARAYANAN, Jorge Miguel GONCALVES
  • Publication number: 20230243309
    Abstract: A turbomachine engine can include a fan assembly, a vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and an overall engine efficiency rating. The fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include a low-pressure turbine. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input of the gearbox is coupled to the low-pressure turbine of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output of the gearbox is coupled to the fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 3.2-4.0. The overall engine efficiency rating is within a range of 0.57-8.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: General Electric Company, GE Avio S.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrea Piazza, Jeffrey D. Clements
  • Publication number: 20230243011
    Abstract: A method of making a forged, martensitic, stainless steel alloy is provided. The alloy is a forged preform of martensitic, pitting corrosion resistant stainless steel alloy comprising, by weight: 12.0 to 16.0 percent chromium; greater than 16.0 to 20.0 percent cobalt, 6.0 to 8.0 percent molybdenum, 1.0 to 3.0 percent nickel, 0.02 to 0.04 percent carbon; and the balance iron and incidental impurities. The alloy has a microstructure that comprises a retained austenite phase less than or equal to 2 percent by volume of the microstructure. The method heats the preform to a solutionizing temperature to form a solutionized microstructure. The preform is cooled with a liquid to room temperature. The preform is immersed in a cryo-liquid to transform the retained austenite phase in the microstructure to martensite. The preform is heated to a temperature of less than 600° F. for a time sufficient to form a tempered forged preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Theodore Francis Majka
  • Publication number: 20230234687
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a pod propulsion system including first and second counter rotating propellers for providing thrust to propel a marine vessel. The pod propulsion system includes a first electric motor (i) for rotating the first propeller and (ii) electrically coupled to a first drive, the first drive being configured to control the first motor and a second electric motor (i) for rotating the second propeller and (ii) electrically coupled to a second drive, the second drive being configured to control the second motor. The first and second drives respectively control the first and second motors interdependently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: GE Energy Power Conversion France
    Inventors: Lionel Julliand, Jorgen Jorde, Theo Grall, Mathieu Bittermann, Nicolas Leboeuf, Henri Baerd
  • Publication number: 20230234691
    Abstract: Provided is a pod propulsion system including first and second counter rotating propellers for propelling a marine vessel first and second propeller modules, each including an electric motor having a driving-end configured to rotate the first and second propellers, respectively. Also included are first and second gondolas, each (i) for housing a respective one of the first and second electric motors and (ii) including a boltable interface formed along a lengthwise direction of an extremity of the gondola. A strut (i) connects the first and second gondolas to a hull of the marine vessel (ii) including first and second boltable interfaces. Each of the boltable interfaces of the strut is configured to form a bolted joint interface with a corresponding one of boltable interfaces of the first and second gondolas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: GE Energy Power Conversion France
    Inventors: Lionel Julliand, Jorgen Jorde, Theo Grall, Mathieu Bittermann, Nicolas Leboeuf, Henri Baerd
  • Publication number: 20230227929
    Abstract: A method of making a forged, martensitic, stainless steel alloy is provided. The alloy is a forged preform of martensitic, pitting corrosion resistant stainless steel alloy comprising, by weight: 12.0 to 16.0 percent chromium; greater than 16.0 to 20.0 percent cobalt, 6.0 to 8.0 percent molybdenum, 1.0 to 3.0 percent nickel, 0.02 to 0.04 percent carbon; and the balance iron and incidental impurities. The alloy has a microstructure that comprises a retained austenite phase less than or equal to 2 percent by volume of the microstructure. The method heats the preform to a solutionizing temperature to form a solutionized microstructure. The preform is cooled with a liquid to room temperature at a rate of no less than 0.25° C./sec. to prevent formation of sigma phase. The preform is immersed in a cryo-liquid to transform the retained austenite phase in the microstructure to martensite. The preform is heated to a temperature of less than 600° F. for a time sufficient to form a tempered forged preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Theodore Francis Majka
  • Publication number: 20230228494
    Abstract: A heat exchanger and heat exchanger core are provided. The heat exchanger core includes a plurality of columnar passages extending between an inlet plenum of the heat exchanger core and an outlet plenum of the heat exchanger core, the columnar passages formed monolithically in a single fabrication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ramon Martinez, Nicolas Kristopher Sabo, Curt Edward Hogan, Michael Stephen Popp, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Jared Matthew Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20230221693
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for asset health assessment and fleet management. An example method may include classifying a first power system asset into a first sub-system and a second sub-system. The example method may also include measuring, by a processor of a protection relay and from a first power system asset, electrical, thermal, and/or mechanical data associated with the first power system asset. The example method may also include identifying a first fault feature for the first sub-system, wherein the first fault feature is influenced by load oscillations in the first power system asset. The example method may also include comparing the first fault feature to a second fault feature of a third sub-system in a second power system asset, wherein the second fault feature is the same as the first fault feature, and wherein the second fault feature is not associated with load oscillations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Balakrishna PAMULAPARTHY, Mitalkumar KANABAR, Austin BYRNE, Umar Naseem KHAN
  • Publication number: 20230223224
    Abstract: The present application concerns a medium- or high-voltage equipment including a leaktight enclosure in which there are located electrical components and a gas mixture for providing electrical insulation and/or for extinguishing electric arcs that are likely to occur in the enclosure, the gas mixture including heptafluoroisobutyronitrile, carbon dioxide, and a high content of oxygen
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Yannick KIEFFEL, Diana LEGUIZAMON CABRA, Louis MAKSOUD, Thomas BERTELOOT
  • Publication number: 20230223759
    Abstract: A bipole power transmission scheme includes a first converter station positioned in-use remote from a second converter station, and first and second transmission conduits to in-use interconnect the first converter station with the second converter station and thereby permit the first converter station to transmit power to the second converter station. The first converter station includes a first power converter, a second power converter, and a converter station controller which is programmed to selectively transition the bipole power transmission scheme into an asymmetrical monopole configuration, while maintaining the transfer of power from both the first and second power sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Mita BABU NARAYANAN, Omar JASIM, Carl BARKER
  • Publication number: 20230223865
    Abstract: There is provided a switching valve for a voltage source converter, the switching valve comprising a plurality of modules, each module including at least one switching element and at least one energy storage device, each switching element and each energy storage device in each module arranged to be combinable to selectively provide a voltage source, the switching valve including a regulator programmed to selectively control the switching of the switching elements to select one or more of the modules to contribute a respective voltage to a switching valve voltage, wherein the regulator is programmed to selectively regulate an energy stored in each energy storage device by controlling the switching of the switching elements to regulate a voltage of each energy storage device towards a target voltage, and the regulator is programmed to vary the target voltage of each energy storage device as a function of a number of healthy modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Omar JASIM, Colin DAVIDSON, Amit KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20230213103
    Abstract: A manually operable valve for restricting airflow to and/or from a patient. The valve includes a body having one or more walls that extend between a first end and a second end. The one or more walls form a passage between the first end and the second end of the body. Two moveable members are positioned on opposing sides of the passage and axially fixed between the first end and the second end of the body. The two moveable members are configured such that depressing the two moveable members inwardly deforms the one or more walls to thereby restrict the passage. When the two moveable members are subsequently released, the one or more walls return to unrestrict the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Timo Holopainen
  • Publication number: 20230204206
    Abstract: A system and method for warmkeeping a steam generator such as a sub-critical steam generator is disclosed. Water extraction piping extracts water from a component of one of the water fill circuits of the sub-critical steam generator. A deaerator heating system having an inventory tank of water mixes the extracted water with the water in the tank, and heats the mix of water to a predetermined temperature level to generate heated deaerated feedwater. Feedwater piping forwards the heated deaerated feedwater at the predetermined temperature level from the deaerator heating system to the water fill circuits of the sub-critical steam generator. The water extraction piping, the deaerator heating system and the feedwater piping operate cooperatively to warmkeep the water fill circuits in accordance with the predetermined temperature level while the sub-critical steam generator is in the unfired stand-by mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: RALPH MAYER
  • Publication number: 20230203993
    Abstract: A turbomachine engine can include a fan assembly, a vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and a gearbox efficiency rating. The fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include one or more compressor sections and one or more turbine sections. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input is coupled to the one or more turbine sections of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output is coupled to the fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 4.1-14.0. The gearbox efficiency rating is 0.10-1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: GE Avio S.r.l.
    Inventors: Pietro Molesini, Andrea Piazza, Fabio De Bellis
  • Publication number: 20230203990
    Abstract: A system and method for preventing icing in the combustion inlet air path of a gas turbine system. An air intake system of the gas turbine system supplies intake air to a gas turbine engine. The air intake system includes an air filter inlet house to filter the intake air. The air filter inlet house includes at least one filter stage having an array of pulse filters, with each of the pulse filters being hydrophobic. A combustion inlet air path is in fluid communication with the air intake system and the gas turbine engine. The combustion inlet air path receives the filtered air from the air filter inlet house and supplies the filtered air as combustion inlet air to an inlet of the gas turbine engine. A surface of at least one component in the combustion inlet air path includes an anti-icing coating to prevent ice from forming thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: WILLIAM STANLEY ADAMS, VICTOR ALFONSO GONZALEZ TELLEZ, JAMETRA STITT, NILESHPURI GOSWAMI
  • Patent number: 11686219
    Abstract: A lubricant system for supplying lubrication to a component in a turbine engine includes a lubricant reservoir, a supply line fluidly coupling the lubricant reservoir to the component in the turbine engine, a scavenge line fluidly coupling the component to the lubricant reservoir, and a bypass line fluidly coupling the supply line to the scavenge line and bypassing the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GE AVIO S.R.L
    Inventors: Pietro Molesini, Alberto Frezet, Saypen Baraggia Au Yeung
  • Patent number: 11686212
    Abstract: A method of operating a turbine engine that includes shutting down the turbine engine such that a rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases, and actuating a starter motor of the turbine engine at one of as the rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases or at a preset time after the turbine engine receives a full stop command such that residual heat is exhausted from the turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Charles Hon, Amid Ansari, Michael Scott McCambridge, Thomas Earl Gillingham
  • Patent number: 11686797
    Abstract: A method of controlling and processing data from a hybrid PET-MR imaging system includes acquiring a positron emission tomographic (PET) dataset over a time period, wherein the PET dataset is affected by a quasi-periodic motion of the patient, and acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data during the time period such that the acquisition time of the MR data relative to the PET dataset is known. A characteristic of the patient motion is then determined based on the PET dataset and the MR data is processed based on the characteristic of patient motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Timothy W. Deller, Florian Wiesinger, Floribertus P. Heukensfeldt Jansen, Anja C. S. Brau, Kristen Ann Wangerin
  • Patent number: 11684334
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for generating a guided workflow and assisting in clinical decision making during operation of an imaging system at a site. Via a protocol manager interface, displaying a default protocol generated for the imaging system by a manufacturer, an authorized user may customize the protocol for the site. A workflow, in accordance with the modified protocol, is then displayed to another non-authenticated user at a time of operating the imaging system for an active scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Chelsey Lewis, Bradley Gabrielse, Vignesha Ramegowda, Sharon Ghelman, Michael Sarju Vaz, Ryan Christopher Forbes, Maud Bonnard, Benjamin Thomas Hauser, Elisa Pertuset
  • Patent number: 11686210
    Abstract: A component assembly for a gas turbine engine defining a core air flowpath is provided. The component assembly includes an outer shell comprising a first array of integral outer shell airfoils that extend inward from an outer shell periphery; and an inner shell comprising a second array of integral inner shell airfoils that extend outward from an inner shell periphery, wherein the outer shell and the inner shell are one or both of translatable and rotatable relative to one another between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dane Michael Dale, Brandon ALlonson Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11686889
    Abstract: A system includes a first group of optic lenses within a focusing unit positioned along the propagation direction of a collimated laser beam, the first group of optic lenses separated by a predetermined fixed distance. The first group of optic lenses in conjunction cause the collimated beam to form as an annular beam as it passes through the first group of optic lenses. An axicon lens located distal from the first group of optic lenses along the propagation direction, the axicon lens operable to bifurcate the annular beam into two deflected collimated beam sections, and the axicon lens having a focus that causes the two deflected collimated beam sections to merge at a distance distal from the axicon lens to create an interference pattern region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert John Filkins, Subhrajit Roychowdhury, Juan Borja, Thomas Adcock
  • Patent number: 11685051
    Abstract: A robotic assembly for servicing equipment, the robotic assembly including an area configured to receive components associated with a workscope of the equipment; an environmental capture device configured to capture information associated with an environment in which the robotic assembly is disposed; and one or more computing devices configured to: locate the equipment in the environment; autonomously navigate the robotic assembly through the environment to the equipment; and autonomously adjust a position of the robotic assembly in response to the workscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: General Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, David Scott Diwinsky
  • Patent number: 11685542
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft having an aft end is provided herein. The propulsion system can include an electric propulsion engine defining a central axis. The electric propulsion engine can include an electric motor, a fan rotatable about the central axis of the electric propulsion engine by the electric motor, a bearing supporting rotation of the fan, and a thermal management system. The thermal management system can include a lubrication oil circulation assembly for providing the bearing with lubrication oil. The lubrication oil circulation assembly can be driven independently of a shaft of the electric propulsion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Randy M. Vondrell, Brandon Wayne Miller, Patrick Michael Marrinan, Lawrence Chih-Hui Cheung, Nikolai N. Pastouchenko
  • Patent number: 11686003
    Abstract: A component configured to be in contact with a hydrocarbon fluid and a method of preparing a contact surface of the component. The component may include a wall having the contact surface configured to be in contact with the hydrocarbon fluid. The contact surface is formed from a metal comprising a metal M, where M is selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), palladium (Pd), and platinum (Pt). A metal-ligand complex comprising phosphorus (P) is on the contact surface. The method of preparing a contact surface of the component may include treating the contact surface with a metal-ligand complex precursor comprising a phosphorus (P) ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Kool, Alfred Albert Mancini, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj
  • Patent number: 11686474
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine may include a combustion section having a fuel nozzle, a swirler, and a ferrule configured to mount and center the fuel nozzle with the swirler. The combustion section may further include a damper on a cold side of the combustion section. The damper may have an acoustic cavity, a damper neck, and a cavity feed hole. The damper may operate as Helmholtz cavity to absorb a hydrodynamic or acoustic instability present in a region within the swirler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kwanwoo Kim, Clayton Cooper, Steven Vise, Shai Birmaher, Pradeep Naik, Andrew Wickersham
  • Patent number: 11686254
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly for a turbine engine. The turbine engine includes a drive shaft and a fan shaft. The gearbox assembly includes a first gear, a second gear, an output, and a journal pin. The first gear is connected to the drive shaft. The second gear is supported by a planet carrier. The output is connected to the fan shaft. Torque is transferred from the drive shaft of the core turbine engine to the fan shaft through the gearbox assembly. The journal pin is inserted into the planet carrier. The second gear rotates about the journal pin. A coupling of the journal pin and the planet carrier is characterized by an interference ratio greater than a minimum interference ratio of 1.0e-5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmet Dindar, Kedar S. Vaidya, Bugra H. Ertas, Arthur W. Sibbach
  • Patent number: 11688518
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for deep neural network (DNN) identification of realistic synthetic images generated using a generative adversarial network (GAN). According to an embodiment, a system is described that can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise, a first extraction component that extracts a subset of synthetic images classified as non-real like as opposed to real-like, wherein the subset of synthetic images were generated using a GAN model. The computer executable components can further comprise a training component that employs the subset of synthetic images and real images to train a DNN network model to classify synthetic images generated using the GAN model as either real-like or non-real like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Ravi Soni, Min Zhang, Zili Ma, Gopal B. Avinash
  • Patent number: 11686291
    Abstract: A method (100) of mounting blades (22) to a rotor hub (20) of a wind turbine (10), the wind turbine (10) comprising a tower (12), a nacelle (16) mounted on the tower (12), the rotor hub (20) being coupled to the nacelle (16), and blades (22), each blade (22) comprising a blade root segment (56) and a blade extension segment (66), the method (100) comprising mounting a first blade root segment (50) to the rotor hub (20), mounting a second blade (72) to the rotor hub (20) after mounting the first blade root segment (50), the second blade (72) comprising a second blade root segment (52) and a second blade extension segment (62), and connecting a first blade extension segment (60) to the first blade root segment (50) after mounting the second blade (72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Bart Veldkamp, Till Hoffmann, Jacob Johannes Nies
  • Patent number: 11689022
    Abstract: A method for mitigating voltage disturbances at a point of interconnection (POI) of a grid-forming inverter-based resource (IBR) due to flicker includes receiving a voltage reference command and a voltage feedback. The voltage feedback contains information indicative of the voltage disturbances at the POI due to the flicker. The method also includes determining a power reference signal for the IBR based on the voltage reference command and the voltage feedback. Moreover, the method includes generating a current vector reference signal based on the power reference signal, the current vector reference signal containing a frequency component of the voltage disturbances. Further, the method includes generating a transfer function of a regulator based on the frequency component to account for the flicker effect. In addition, the method includes generating a current vector based on a comparison of the current vector reference signal and a current vector feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Veena Padmarao, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Subbarao Tatikonda, Kapil Jha, Shan Shine