General Electric Patents Granted

Patents granted to General Electric by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11967743
    Abstract: A propulsion system is provided including: a gas turbine engine including a combustion section having a combustor; and a modular fuel cell assembly. The modular fuel cell assembly includes: a first fuel cell string comprising a first processing unit and a first fuel cell stack, the first fuel cell stack comprising a first fuel cell defining an outlet configured to provide output products from the first fuel cell to the combustor; and a second fuel cell string comprising a second processing unit and a second fuel cell stack, the second fuel cell stack comprising a second fuel cell defining an outlet configured to provide output products from the second fuel cell to the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Radislav A. Potyrailo, Michael Anthony Benjamin
  • Patent number: 11968395
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Video Compression, LLC
    Inventors: Tung Nguyen, Heiner Kirchhoffer, Detlev Marpe
  • Patent number: 11965479
    Abstract: A rotor lock assembly for locking a rotor of a wind turbine. The rotor lock assembly has at least one relocatable rotor lock. The relocatable rotor lock has a housing, a bushing element, a pin shaft position within the bushing element, and a locking mechanism. The housing includes a mounting portion adapted for mounting to a bearing housing adjacent to a rotor lock plate of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Brian William Manikas, Paul Howard Davidson, Michael Frederick Sander, Jacob Thomas Hoyt, Jason James Welsh, Kevin L Holmes
  • Patent number: 11968348
    Abstract: The usual coding order according to which the reference view is coded prior to the dependent view, and within each view, a depth map is coded subsequent to the respective picture, may be maintained and does lead to a sacrifice of efficiency in performing inter-view redundancy removal by, for example, predicting motion data of the current picture of the dependent view from motion data of the current picture of the reference view. Rather, a depth map estimate of the current picture of the dependent view is obtained by warping the depth map of the current picture of the reference view into the dependent view, thereby enabling various methods of inter-view redundancy reduction more efficiently by bridging the gap between the views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Video Compression, LLC
    Inventors: Heiko Schwarz, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 11964430
    Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects, and/or a method of controlling one or more irradiation parameters of the energy beam system, may include determining an irradiation setting using an irradiation control model and outputting an irradiation control command to an energy beam system based at least in part on the irradiation setting. The irradiation control model may be configured to determine the irradiation setting based at least in part on a power density factor and/or an irradiation vector factor. The irradiation control command may be configured to change one or more irradiation parameters for additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object. An additive manufacturing system may include an energy beam system and a control system that includes an irradiation controller. The irradiation controller may include a control module configured to perform such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Concept Laser GmbH, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Juergen Werner, Benjamin Guenther, Lisa Pastuschka, Manuel Acosta
  • Patent number: 11963777
    Abstract: In the present invention, a right leg drive RLD monitoring system is employed on a medical computing system/computer, such as an ECG, HEMO and/or EP monitoring, mapping and/or recording system, that includes a number of RLD circuits to be utilized for different procedures or monitoring states to be performed using the system. The RLD monitoring system operates to actively monitor and/or record the feedback voltage to the RLD isolated from the patient. Using the measured feedback voltage data, the RLD monitoring system can identify and determine if the RLD circuit in use is approaching saturation, has reached saturation and the duration the RLD circuit was in saturation. The RLD monitoring system can concurrently and/or subsequently select and/or provide selection information regarding an optimal RLD circuit to be utilized to most effectively perform the desired function of the RLD in the procedure being performed using the monitoring, mapping and/or recording system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Adrian F. Warner, Daniel R. Schneidewend, Rodger F. Schmit, Timothy P. Stiemke
  • Patent number: 11965697
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger includes a first wall manifold. The heat exchanger further includes a second wall manifold spaced apart from the first wall manifold. The heat exchanger further includes a plurality of vanes that extend generally circumferentially between the first wall manifold and the second wall manifold. The heat exchanger further includes a plurality of fluid circuits defined within the heat exchanger. Each fluid circuit in the plurality of fluid circuits includes an inlet channel portion and an outlet channel portion defined within the first wall manifold. A return channel portion defined within the second wall manifold. At least one passage portion of a plurality of passage portions defined within each vane of the plurality of vanes. The at least one passage portion extends between the return channel portion and one of the inlet channel portion and the outlet channel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas M. Daggett, Steven Douglas Johnson, Anand P. Roday, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • Patent number: 11967824
    Abstract: A method for controlling an inverter-based resource having a power converter connected to an electrical grid includes receiving, via a regulator of a controller of the inverter-based resource, a plurality of power signals. The method also includes determining, via the regulator, a power error signal as a function of the plurality of power signals. Further, the method includes receiving, via the regulator, a dynamic multiplier factor from a supervisory controller. Moreover, the method includes applying, via the regulator, the dynamic multiplier factor to one or more gains of the regulator to determine one or more modified gains. In addition, the method includes applying the one or more modified gains to the power error signal to obtain an intermediate power signal. Thus, the method includes generating, via the regulator, one or more control commands for the power converter as a function of the intermediate power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Igor Berroteran, Enno Ubben, Dustin Howard
  • Patent number: 11965425
    Abstract: An airfoil is provided defining a spanwise direction, a chordwise direction, a root end, a tip end, a leading edge end, and a trailing edge end. The airfoil includes: a leading edge extending from the leading edge end; a body extending along the spanwise direction between the root end and the tip end, the body including a plurality of cavity walls defining a plurality of cavities, each of the plurality of cavities having an inlet located at the leading edge; and a porous face sheet positioned on at least one inlet of the plurality of cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Trevor Howard Wood, Kishore Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11964020
    Abstract: A method for removing or controlling or quantifying the presence of aldehydes, in particular acetaldehyde, is described. Such a method is useful in prolonging the shelf life of a pharmaceutical product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Torgrim Engell, Julian Grigg, Dimitrios Mantzilas, Dag M. Evje
  • Patent number: 11963670
    Abstract: A method for determining a lesion location in a patient for biopsy along X, Y, and Z axes. The method includes positioning the patient in an examination device to collect examination images showing the lesion. The method includes positioning the patient in a biopsy device configured for holding the patient during the biopsy and collecting a biopsy image of the patient using the biopsy device. The method includes analyzing the biopsy image to determine a measured x-coordinate and a measured y-coordinate of the lesion along the X and Y axes, respectively, analyzing the examination images to determine a calculated z-coordinate along the Z axis of the lesion, and determining the location of the lesion based on the measured x-coordinate and the measured y-coordinate from the biopsy image and the calculated z-coordinate determined from the one or more examination images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Laurence Vancamberg, Clement Jailin, Serge Muller
  • Patent number: 11964750
    Abstract: A control system for an engine operatively coupled with a propeller and methods for controlling an engine operatively coupled with a propeller are provided. In one example aspect, the control system includes a controller and an electric propeller governor. The electric propeller governor includes a motor operatively coupled with a flyweight governor spring. The motor is communicatively coupled with the controller. The controller is operable to receive data indicative of the speed of the propeller, determine if the measured speed exceeds a propeller speed threshold, and if the threshold is exceeded, the controller is configured to change a propeller speed set point. Particularly, the controller can cause the motor to change the preload on the flyweight governor spring, which in turn causes adjustment of the propeller speed set point. In this way, propeller speed overshoot is prevented during fast acceleration of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jozef Zakucia, Vojtech Jirasek, Milan Matejka
  • Patent number: 11965424
    Abstract: A method for providing overspeed protection for a gas turbine engine having an engine shaft includes monitoring, via an overspeed protection system, a torque of the engine shaft. The method also includes determining, via the overspeed protection system, at least one additional condition of the engine shaft. Further, the method includes determining, via the overspeed protection system, an overspeed condition of the gas turbine engine when the torque of the engine shaft drops below a torque threshold and the at least one additional condition of the engine shaft is indicative of the gas turbine engine being in an operational state. Thus, the overspeed condition is indicative of an above normal rotational speed of the engine shaft. In addition, the method includes initiating a shutdown procedure for the gas turbine engine in response to the determined overspeed condition to reduce the rotational speed of the engine shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Brandon Wayne Miller, Erich Alois Krammer, Douglas Scott Jacobs, Joseph Alfred Iannotti
  • Patent number: 11965423
    Abstract: A system and process for restarting a turbomachine includes a shutdown cooldown protection process implemented by a plant level control system or direct control system of the turbomachine. The system and process for restarting ensure rotating components are cooled as expected prior to a unit restart. This system and process for restarting will lockout an ability to restart if an improper cooldown of rotating components is detected. If this lockout is enabled, delaying restart for the rotating components to cool naturally is needed, or the operator could decide to force cool the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Garth Curtis Frederick, Brett Darrick Klingler, Kenneth Damon Black, Radu Ioan Danescu
  • Patent number: 11963815
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adaptive scan control. In one embodiment, a method for an imaging system includes performing, with the imaging system, a first contrast scan of a subject including injection of a contrast agent to the subject; processing projection data of the subject acquired during the first contrast scan to measure a contrast signal of the subject at a monitoring area; estimating a target acquisition timing for a first acquisition of a second contrast scan of the subject based on the contrast signal; and performing, with the imaging system, the second contrast scan of the subject, with the first acquisition performed at the target acquisition timing and without performing any monitoring scans between the first contrast scan and the second contrast scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Sarju Vaz, Maud Bonnard
  • Patent number: 11965653
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine has a combustor liner that has a cold surface side and a hot surface side, the liner defining an upstream end and a downstream end, and a dilution opening through the combustor liner. The dilution opening includes a main dilution hole portion having an upstream edge and a downstream edge, a notched portion disposed at the upstream edge and extending upstream from the upstream edge, the notched portion being in fluid communication with the main dilution hole portion, and a slotted portion disposed at the downstream edge and extending downstream of the downstream edge, the slotted portion being in fluid communication with the main dilution hole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan, Rimple Rangrej, Saket Singh, Pradeep Naik, Gregory A. Boardman
  • Patent number: 11966223
    Abstract: A control system an unmanned vehicle includes a first processing unit configured to execute a primary autopilot process for controlling the unmanned vehicle. The control system further includes a programmable logic array in operative communication with the first processing unit. The control system also includes a state machine configured in the programmable logic array. The state machine is configured to enable control of the unmanned vehicle according to a backup autopilot process in response to an invalid output of the first processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Stefano Angelo Mario Lassini, Ryan Daniel Gorby, John Andrew Ingersoll
  • Patent number: 11965429
    Abstract: A turbomachine component has a wall outer surface and an internal coolant source. A film-cooling hole is in the wall and extends from the internal coolant source to the wall outer surface. The film-cooling hole includes a metering section in fluid communication with the internal coolant source, and a diffuser section in fluid communication with the metering section and including a first internal surface spaced from a second internal surface. A coating collector receives part of a coating and is part of the diffuser section. The film-cooling hole also includes a hood section including a member extending outwardly from the wall outer surface. The member may include a hood internal surface contiguous with the first internal surface of the diffuser section and a hood outer surface parallel to the wall outer surface. The hood section reduces, and possibly prevents, the coating from filling the film-cooling hole during application thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Brad Wilson VanTassel
  • Patent number: 11965945
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a magnetic resonance system and a shimming method and an imaging method thereof. The shimming method comprises: performing a scout scan on a subject to be examined, and obtaining phase data of a plurality of slice positions; determining three-dimensional space static magnetic field information according to the phase data of the plurality of slice positions; and determining a shimming value of a slice in a region of interest according to the three-dimensional space static magnetic field information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Yaan Ge, Liyuan Jin, Qingyu Dai, Kun Wang, Qilin Lu
  • Patent number: 11957843
    Abstract: A connector for connecting with an absorber canister includes a first connection port for detachably communicating with an input port of the absorber canister; a second connection port for detachably communicating with an output port of the absorber canister; and a seal. The seal being sleeved on a sidewall of at least one connection port of the first connection port and the second connection port, and the seal including: an annular ring positioned on an outer sidewall of the at least one connection port; a guide chamfer portion, the guide chamfer portion being annular and extending obliquely from a bottom of the annular ring towards an interior of the at least one connection port; and a lip, the lip being annular and extending from an end portion of the guide chamfer portion in a direction towards or away from the annular ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Hui Fang, Bing Li, Scott A. Inman
  • Patent number: 11959456
    Abstract: A vibration mitigating device for engagement with a wind turbine blade includes an air flow modifying element that is configurable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. A frame is attachable to and has a fixed length in a span-wise direction of the wind turbine blade. The air flow modifying element is movable along the frame between the retracted configuration and the extended configuration. In the retracted configuration, the modifying element extends between the blade tip and the blade root with a first spanwise length, and in the extended configuration the modifying element extends between the blade tip and the blade root with a second, greater spanwise length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Darren John Danielsen, Marc Canal Vila
  • Patent number: 11958250
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus can include a stage configured to hold one or more cured layers of resin that form a component. A radiant energy device can be operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image. An actuator can be configured to change a relative position of the stage relative to the radiant energy device. A reclamation system can be downstream of the stage and can be configured to remove at least a portion of the resin from a resin support. The reclamation system can include a first collection structure configured to accept a resin support therethrough along a resin support movement direction. A first scraper is positioned within the first collection structure. The first scraper has an elongation axis that is offset from the resin support movement direction by an offset angle that is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Christopher David Barnhill, Xi Yang, William Joseph Steele, Brian Thomas Thompson
  • Patent number: 11959387
    Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support the drive shaft and the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11959423
    Abstract: A fuel supply system for a turbine engine that provides a modulated thrust control malfunction accommodation (TCMA) is disclosed. An example fuel supply system includes a fuel supply line to supply fuel to a combustion engine, a fuel metering valve coupled to the fuel supply line, the fuel metering valve to control a flow of fuel through the fuel supply line to the combustion engine, a throttle valve coupled to the fuel supply line downstream of the fuel metering valve, the throttle valve to bleed off fuel supplied to the combustion engine based on a pressure difference across the fuel metering valve, and a controllable servo coupled to the throttle valve, the controllable servo to control the throttle valve based on a sensor output indicative of the pressure difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: David Justin Brady
  • Patent number: 11959393
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine comprising an outer band, an inner band radially spaced inwardly from the outer band to define an annular region, and multiple airfoils circumferentially spaced within the annular region. Each corresponding airfoil of the multiple airfoils can project from a surface at a root and can further include an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side. A projection can extend upwardly from the surface on the pressure side and a valley can extend into the surface on the suction side to define a contour in the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: General Electric Company, GE Avivo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Saurya Ranjan Ray, Francesco Bertini, Lyle Douglas Dailey, Jeffrey D. Clements, Jaikumar Loganathan, Simone Rosa Taddei
  • Patent number: 11959395
    Abstract: A rotor blade system. The rotor blade system includes a rotor and a plurality of blades coupled to the rotor. The plurality of blades are arranged in an airfoil distribution pattern. The airfoil distribution pattern includes one or more baseline blades and one or more intentionally mistuned blades including an intentional mistuning feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Wei-Min Ren, Letian Wang, Kevin E. Turner, Yoon Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 11962255
    Abstract: Systems and methods of controlling a length of an air gap in an electric machine using an air gap controller may include: determining an air gap length value for an electric machine at least in part using an air gap controller, comparing the determined air gap length value to an air gap target value using the air gap controller, and outputting a control command from the air gap controller to a controllable device associated with an air gap control system when the determined air gap length value differs from the air gap target value by a predefined threshold. A control command may be configured to impart a change to an operating parameter associated with the air gap control system to adjust a length of an air gap between an outer surface of a rotor core and an inner surface of a stator core of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pablo Gabriel Piazza Galarza, Fabian Isaza
  • Patent number: 11962188
    Abstract: An electric machine is provided herein that includes a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator core having one or more lamination packages. The stator core can define an outer ring and a plurality of teeth extending from the outer ring. A cooling plate may be positioned adjacent to at least one of the one or more lamination packages. The cooling plate can define one or more channels therethrough. One or more windings can be arranged around one or more of the plurality of teeth of the stator core. A rotor can be operably coupled with the stator assembly. A cooling system can be fluidly coupled with the one or more channels of the cooling plate. The cooling system provides a cryogenic fluid through the one or more channels to cool the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Kupiszewski, Anil Kumar Tolpadi
  • Patent number: 11958126
    Abstract: A method for making a container for retaining anesthetic agent. The method includes creating two or more parts each having a mating surface, where the container is formed when the mating surfaces of the two or more parts are coupled together, and where a first part of the two or more parts is formed of a material having pores defined within the mating surface thereof. The method further includes processing the mating surface of the first part via friction stir welding to reduce the pores defined therein. The method further includes coupling the two or more parts together such that the mating surfaces contact to create the container configured to retain the anesthetic agent therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Joseph J. Lacey
  • Patent number: 11961662
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lead assembly of a cryogenic system is provided. The method includes developing a three-dimensional (3D) model of a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of channels extending longitudinally through the heat exchanger from the first end to the second end, the plurality of channels forming a plurality of thermal surfaces within the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger having a transverse cross section. The method further includes modifying the 3D model by at least one of reducing an area of the cross section and increasing the plurality of thermal surfaces. The method also includes additively manufacturing the heat exchanger using an electrically-conductive and thermally-conductive material according to the modified 3D model. Further, the method includes providing a high temperature superconductor (HTS) assembly that includes an HTS strip, and connecting the HTS assembly to the heat exchanger at the second end of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Jiayin Ling, Longzhi Jiang, Liyang Ye, Stuart Paul Feltham, Thomas Edward Moran, Ernst Wolfgang Stautner
  • Patent number: 11958217
    Abstract: Systems and methods for compacting components are provided. In one exemplary aspect, a component is positioned between a first tool portion and a second tool portion of a compaction tool. A sandwich structure is positioned between the first tool portion and the component. The sandwich structure includes a thermally expandable material and a rigid shell. The thermally expandable material is positioned between the first tool portion and the rigid shell. During compaction, the thermally expandable material is subjected to elevated temperatures and pressures, e.g., within an autoclave. When subjected to elevated temperatures and pressures, the thermally expandable material applies a force on the rigid shell, which in turn applies a force on the component so as to compact the component between the rigid shell and the second tool portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wei Wu, Darrell Glenn Senile, Thomas Samuel Holaday
  • Patent number: 11959542
    Abstract: An oil supply system includes a first oil receptacle collecting oil from a transmission and a second oil receptacle collecting oil from the rest of a drive system using gravity. Oil supply pump(s) supply oil from the oil receptacle(s) to the different consumers. A vacuum pump generates a negative pressure in the first oil receptacle and in the transmission casing connected to the first oil receptacle. A gas check valve prevents gas from flowing between the oil receptacles when a pressure differential is applied to the oil receptacles by the vacuum pump. An oil check valve prevents oil from flowing between the oil receptacles when the pressure differential is applied. An oil regulating valve may control the oil flow between the first and second oil receptacles. The oil supply system provides a simpler configuration without scavenging pump(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventor: Pierre Biehler
  • Patent number: 11959464
    Abstract: A method for rotating a hub of a wind turbine in an inching operation to rotate the hub includes reconfiguring the generator from normal operation by coupling a first string of a first electrical phase of the stator in series with a second string of a second electrical phase of the stator, the first and second strings comprising one or more coils coupled in series. Current is provided from a power converter to the first and second strings o rotate the hub. The generator includes a first and a second winding system, each including a plurality of electrical phases in the normal operation. The first string of the first electrical phase is part of the first winding system in normal operation, and the second string of the second electrical phase is part of the second winding system in the normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Maxime Fournier, Julio Cesar Urresty, Giuseppe Iurisci, Stanislas Haentjens
  • Patent number: 11958249
    Abstract: A reclamation system for an additive manufacturing apparatus can include a collection structure configured to remove at least a portion of the resin from a foil. A containment vessel can be configured to retain the resin removed from the foil. A drain can direct the resin from the containment vessel to a reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Trent William Muhlenkamp, Christopher David Barnhill, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Carlos H. Bonilla, Brian Thomas Thompson, John Thomas Sterle
  • Patent number: 11958111
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing machine may include a beam source, a process chamber, a beam column operably coupled to the process chamber and/or defining a portion of the process chamber, and a gaseous ionization detector disposed about the beam column. The gaseous ionization detector may be configured to detect elementary particles corresponding to an ionizing gas ionized by an energy beam from the beam source. A method of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object may include determining data from a gaseous ionization detector disposed about a beam column of an additive manufacturing machine, and additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object using the additive manufacturing machine based at least in part on the data from the gaseous ionization detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Alan Bartosik, Thomas Graham Spears
  • Patent number: 11959441
    Abstract: A Brayton cycle engine including a longitudinal wall extended along a lengthwise direction. The longitudinal wall defines a gas flowpath of the engine. An inner wall assembly is extended from the longitudinal wall into the gas flowpath. The inner wall assembly defines a detonation combustion region in the gas flowpath upstream of the inner wall assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Sibtosh Pal, Steven Clayton Vise, Arthur Wesley Johnson, Clayton Stuart Cooper, Joseph Zelina
  • Patent number: 11959036
    Abstract: A component and a system for mitigating coke formation during delivery of a hydrocarbon fluid. The component includes a contact surface configured to be in contact with the hydrocarbon fluid. Tuning the zeta potential of the contact surface allows selective attraction and/or repulsion of coke-catalyzing materials, metal ions, heteroatomic hydrocarbons, and/or coke precursors present in the hydrocarbon fluid. A method of mitigating coke formation during delivery of a hydrocarbon fluid includes tuning a zeta potential of the contact surface of the component and injecting or circulating the hydrocarbon fluid through the system such that the contact surface selectively attracts and/or repels coke-catalyzing materials, metal ions, heteroatomic hydrocarbons, and/or coke precursors present in the hydrocarbon fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Arundhati Sengupta, Karthick Gourishankar, Narayanan Janakiraman, Lawrence B. Kool, Sanjay Kumar Sondhi, Michael A Benjamin, Hejie Li
  • Patent number: 11959643
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction, a radial direction extending orthogonally outward from the longitudinal centerline, and a circumferential direction extending concentrically around the longitudinal centerline, the combustor including: a forward liner segment; an aft liner segment disposed downstream from the forward liner segment relative to a direction of flow through the combustor, the forward and aft liner segments at least partially defining a combustion chamber; and an intermediate member disposed at least partially between the forward and aft liner segments and extending in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Sampath, Pradeep Naik, Veeraraju Vanapalli, Perumallu Vukanti, Shai Birmaher, Daniel J. Kirtley, Deepak Ghiya, Rimple Rakeshkumar Rangrej, Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Hiranya Kumar Nath, Michael Anthony Benjamin, Rajendra Mahadeorao Wankhade
  • Patent number: 11961660
    Abstract: A magnetic-core assembling tool may include first and second compression plate alignment guides configured to be respectively fitted to first and second compression plates of a magnetic-core assembly, a plurality of semiannular tension bars, and a clamping plate. The semiannular tension bars may be attached at a first end to the first compression plate alignment guide and at a second end to the clamping plate. The clamping plate may include a plurality of compression shoes configured to apply a variable amount of compression to the magnetic-core assembly. A method of assembling a magnetic-core assembly includes assembling a plurality of lamination stacks, staging the plurality of lamination stacks to provide a magnetic-core assembly, assembling a magnetic-core assembling-tool around the magnetic-core assembly, and injecting magnet retention adhesive into a plurality of magnet retention slots in the magnetic-core assembly housed in the magnetic-core assembling tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pablo Gabriel Piazza Galarza, Fabian Isaza-Gomez
  • Patent number: 11962251
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited
    Inventor: Zhi Zhou
  • Patent number: 11962197
    Abstract: The rotor with a non-through shaft for an electrical machine comprises a cylindrical magnetic mass gripped between two half-shafts each comprising a mounting flange connected to the magnetic mass. Each half-shaft is made in a single piece and comprises a coupling flange located opposite the mounting flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christophe Galmiche, Jean-Francois Pradurat, Fabien Roche
  • Patent number: 11962250
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited
    Inventor: Zhi Zhou
  • Patent number: 11951567
    Abstract: A system for diagnosing an additive manufacturing device is provided. The system includes one or more processors, one or more non-transitory memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing machine-readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to: determine parameters associated with at least one subsystem of the additive manufacturing device, the parameters being related to a build generated by the additive manufacturing device; compare the parameters with threshold values; and determine a failure mode, among a plurality of failure modes, associated with a subsystem of the at least one subsystem of the additive manufacturing device based on the comparison of the parameters with the threshold values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ponnada V S S Srivatsa, Venkata Rachakonda, Mattias Fager, Paer Christoffer Arumskog, Megha Navalgund, Sharan Arumugam, Aman Tiwari, Anders Ingvarsson, Fredrik Tommy Mohlin, Simon Blomé
  • Patent number: 11955274
    Abstract: A receiver unit of a wireless power transfer system is presented. The receiver unit includes a main receiver coil, a plurality of auxiliary receiver coils disposed about a central axis of the main receiver coil, and a receiver drive subunit. The receiver drive subunit includes a main converter operatively coupled to the main receiver coil and having a main output terminal. The receiver drive subunit may include a plurality of auxiliary converters operatively coupled to the plurality of auxiliary receiver coils. The plurality of auxiliary converters may be operatively coupled to each other to form an auxiliary output terminal coupled in series to the main output terminal to form a common output terminal. In some implementations, the receiver drive unit may be formed on a substrate of an integrated electronic component. The integrated electronic component may further include a communication subunit and a controller disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Viswanathan Kanakasabai, Deepak Aravind, Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Adnan Kutubuddin Bohori
  • Patent number: 11952149
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forecasting aircraft engine operational data are provided. The forecasted data can be used for use with predictive analytics, for example. In one aspect, a method is provided. The method includes receiving engine data associated with an engine. The engine data includes data points for various operational parameters. The method further includes determining forecasted data points for the operational parameters. The forecasted data points for a given one of the operational parameters are determined by applying one or more regression techniques to the data points associated with the given one of the operational parameters. The forecasted data points can be input into various types of models, such as a cumulative damage model. For instance, using the forecasted data points, a cumulative damage model can generate a plurality of forecasts and can output a cumulative probability distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joshua Luke Wiedemann, Craig Miller Kuhne
  • Patent number: 11951435
    Abstract: A vapor separation system including a cooler having an inlet configured to receive an air-oil-water mixture, and an outlet configured to discharge separated oil and water in two different phases of matter. A first sensor is at the outlet of the cooler. A controller is communicatively coupled to the cooler, wherein the controller is configured to receive temperature feedback from the first sensor, and increase or reduce the amount of cooling, with the cooler and based on the temperature feedback, the oil-water mixture to a separation temperature configured to liquefy at least a portion of the oil in the air-oil-water mixture, while maintaining at least a portion of the water in the air-oil-water mixture in a vaporized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Victor Alfonso Gonzalez Tellez, Tho V. Nguyen, Haitham J. Khamissi, Oswaldo Alberto Sanchez Rubio, Douglas A. Jones
  • Patent number: 11952944
    Abstract: Jet engine thermal transport bus pumps are disclosed. Disclosed herein is an aircraft comprising a gas turbine engine configured to burn fuel at a fuel flow rate to generate an engine power (Pengine), the fuel characterized by a first specific heat capacity (cp_fuel) and a net heat of combustion (NHCfuel); and a thermal management system configured to transfer heat from a working fluid to the fuel, the working fluid characterized by a second specific heat capacity (cp_pump) and a first density (?pump), the thermal management system including a pump configured to generate a pump power (Ppump) to pressurize the working fluid, and wherein P ? O ? W = P p ? u ? m ? p ( c p_pump c p_water ) ? ( ? w ? a ? t ? e ? r ? p ? u ? m ? p ) 2 , F ? F ? R = ( P e ? n ? g ? i ? n ? e N ? H ? C f ? u ? e ? l ) ? ( c p_fuel c p_pump ) 0.008?POW/FFR5/3?12, FFR is between 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel A. Niergarth, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Adam Joseph Wangler
  • Patent number: 11952948
    Abstract: A turbomachine engine according to aspects of the present disclosure is provided. The engine includes a fan assembly including a plurality of fan blades, and a core engine surrounded by an outer casing. The core engine includes a power output component operably connected to the fan assembly, a first input power source and a second input power source. The first input power source is counter-rotatable relative to the second input power source. The core engine includes a gear assembly operably connected to the power output component and configured to receive power from the first input power source and the second input power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GE AVIO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Juraj Hrubec, Davide Lauria
  • Patent number: 11954853
    Abstract: This disclosure proposes to speed up computation time of a convolutional neural network (CNN) by leveraging information specific to a pre-defined region, such as a breast in mammography and tomosynthesis data. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for an image processing system is provided, comprising, generating an output of a trained convolutional neural network (CNN) of the image processing system based on an input image, including a pre-defined region of the input image as an additional input into at least one of a convolutional layer and a fully connected layer of the CNN to limit computations to input image data inside the pre-defined region; and storing the output and/or displaying the output on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Sylvain Bernard, Vincent Bismuth
  • Patent number: D1024127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Irshath Ahamed, Michael A. Juhl, Gordon Ian Rowlandson, Erin K. Carroll