Patents Examined by Igor Kershteyn
  • Patent number: 11549387
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a propulsor section, a compressor section including a first compressor, a front center body case structure that defines a first core flow path for core airflow into the first compressor, an intermediate case structure, a geared architecture, a propulsor shaft, a first bearing structure mounted to the front center body case structure, a bearing compartment passage structure in communication with the first bearing structure through the front center body case structure, and a turbine section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter M. Munsell, Philip S. Stripinis
  • Patent number: 11549379
    Abstract: A blade for a turbomachine includes a blade root portion for securing the blade to a rotatable annular outer drum rotor. The blade root portion includes one or more radial retention features for radially retaining each of the blade root portions within the rotatable annular outer drum rotor. Further, at least one of the radial retention feature(s) includes at least one sealing member integrated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: GE AVIO S.r.l.
    Inventors: Matteo Renato Usseglio, Antonio Giuseppe D'Ettole, Andrea Depalma
  • Patent number: 11542834
    Abstract: A ring segment and a turbomachine including the ring segment are provided. The ring segment installed on an inner circumferential surface of a casing and disposed to face an end of a blade disposed inside the casing, the ring segment includes a segment body disposed inside the casing in a radial direction of the casing and including a plurality of cooling channels through which cooling air flows, a pair of segment protrusions protruding outward from the segment body, coupled to the inner circumferential surface of the casing, and spaced apart from each other in a flow direction of fluid flowing through the casing to form an RS cavity into which cooling air is introduced, wherein when the segment body has a cross section along an imaginary plane including a radial straight line of the casing, the cooling channel is formed such that a width in a direction perpendicular to a radial direction of the casing is greater than a width in the radial direction of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yun Chang Jang
  • Patent number: 11542825
    Abstract: The present invention presents a ring assembly 1 disposed radially outwardly of an array of circumferentially arranged blades 38 of a gas turbine engine rotor R. The ring assembly 1 includes ring segments 2 disposed circumferentially one adjacent to another and having a first circumferential end 2a and a second circumferential end 2b circumferentially spaced apart from each other. The first end 2a of a ring segment 2 and the second end 2b of an adjacent ring segment 2 of the plurality of ring segments 2 are arranged facing each other. An integrally formed projecting seal part 92 is formed at the first end 2a. An integrally formed receiving seal part 94 is formed at the second end 2b facing the first end 2a. The receiving seal part 94 receives the projecting seal part 92 to form a mating connection between the ring segment 2 and the adjacent ring segment 2. A gas turbine engine including the ring assembly 1 is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBNITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Simon Hauswirth, Wade Beaumont, Vincent Galoul, Richard Jones, Yunchang Jang
  • Patent number: 11542821
    Abstract: A rotor and a turbo machine including the same are provided. The rotor includes a disk including a disk slot, a blade including a root member inserted into the disk slot and an airfoil disposed radially outside the root member, and configured to form a cooling cavity between an inner surface of the disk slot and the root member, a lifting part installed in the cooling cavity and configured to press the root member in a radially outward direction, and a supporting part installed in the cooling cavity, disposed in contact with the lifting part, and configured to support the lifting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoo Seok Jeong
  • Patent number: 11542833
    Abstract: A device (26) for cooling an annular outer turbine casing (17) includes at least one circumferentially extending tube (27) having an air inlet intended for conveying cooling air, the tube having a radially inner wall provided with cooling air discharge openings and a radially outer wall arranged radially opposite each other, an air inlet manifold (28), the inlet of the tube opening into the manifold, the tube (27) including at least one intermediate wall extending over a circumferential portion of the tube from the air inlet, the intermediate wall being located radially between the radially inner wall and the radially outer wall, the radially inner wall and the intermediate wall forming a first air conveying duct, the radially outer wall and the intermediate wall forming a second air conveying duct extending circumferentially beyond the first air conveying duct, relative to the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Lasantha Genilier, François Pierre Michel Comte, Fabien Stéphane Garnier, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Patent number: 11542831
    Abstract: A manufacturing method is provided during which a preform component for a turbine engine is provided. A cooling aperture is formed in the preform component. The cooling aperture includes a centerline, an inlet and an outlet. The cooling aperture extends longitudinally along the centerline through a wall of the preform component from the inlet to the outlet. The forming of the cooling aperture includes forming a first portion of the cooling aperture using a machining tool implement with a first toolpath that is angularly offset from the centerline by a first angle between thirty-five degrees and ninety degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Craig, James M. Koonankeil, Brian T. Hazel, Paul E. Denney, Dominic J. Mongillo
  • Patent number: 11536281
    Abstract: The invention relates to a side-channel machine having a housing (4a), located in the housing (4a) a side-channel (28) for guiding a gas, and at least one gas inlet opening (34) which is formed in the housing (4a) and is fluidically connected to the side-channel (28). Furthermore, the side-channel machine has at least one gas inlet pipe (29a) which connects to the at least one gas inlet opening (34), The side-channel machine further comprises at least one gas outlet opening (33) and at least one gas outlet pipe (31a) which connects to the at least one gas outlet opening (33). Furthermore, the side-channel machine has an impeller that can be made to rotate in the housing (4a), with impeller blades, which bound impeller cells arranged in the side-channel (28), for delivering the gas in the impeller cells from the at least one gas inlet opening (34) to the at least one gas outlet opening (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Gardner Denver Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Rudi Dittmar, Peter Fischer
  • Patent number: 11536286
    Abstract: An impeller for a centrifugal blower includes at least one blade oriented in a radial direction of the impeller. The blade has an airfoil section with a radially inward end and a radially outward end that are thinner than at least one point between the radially inward end and the radially outward end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ketan R. Shah, Sudeendra Durgappa, Keith Walter Kaatz, Kashyap Adury
  • Patent number: 11536149
    Abstract: A method of cooling a vane of a turbine is provided. The turbine includes an airfoil, a shroud disposed at an end of the airfoil, the end being a radial end along a radial direction of the turbine, the shroud comprising a shroud main body and a shroud edge disposed on a circumference of the shroud main body to surround the shroud main body, the shroud edge comprising a shroud edge passage therein. A cooling air is caused to flow inside the shroud edge passage to cool the shroud edge, and after cooling the shroud edge, the shroud main body is cooled by using the cooling air which has flowed inside the shroud edge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, David Allen Flodman, Satoshi Hada
  • Patent number: 11536162
    Abstract: An exhaust chamber of a steam turbine according to an embodiment includes an outer casing which includes an end wall part in an axial direction and an extension part extending upward in the axial direction from the end wall part, a first flow guide formed into an annular shape, the first flow guide forming an upstream region of a diffuser surface in a hub-side flow guide and being fixed to an upstream end portion of the extension part on a radially inner side of the diffuser surface, and a second flow guide formed into an annular shape, the second flow guide forming a downstream region of the diffuser surface at a position downstream of the first flow guide and on a radially outer side of the extension part, and being fixed to the extension part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoki Yamashita, Takaaki Matsuo, Soichiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 11536158
    Abstract: A turbomachine is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Jong Joo, Seung Jin Song, Bon Han Goo, Geon Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11536044
    Abstract: A multiport pump and adapter kit for use with a water circulation system for a body of water includes a centrifugal pump assembly having a plurality of outlet ports oriented in different directions and at least one adapter having a first open end configured and dimensioned to be removably connectable to one of said outlet ports, a second open end configured and dimensioned to be removably connectable to a water circulation system, and a hollow body connecting the first open end and the second open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Asia Connection LLC
    Inventors: Mitch Saccoccio, Jonathan Bonelli, Reza Afshar
  • Patent number: 11536288
    Abstract: A propeller fan includes a hub that has a side surface around a central axis, and blades that are provided on the side surface, wherein a blade of the blades includes an inner peripheral portion located on a side of a base, and an outer peripheral portion located on a side of an outer edge, the outer peripheral portion is formed as one blade, the inner peripheral portion includes blade elements arranged at a predetermined interval, a ratio r/R of a radius r which is a distance from the central axis to the outer peripheral portion and a radius R which is a distance from the central axis to the outer edge is 0.4 or less, and when a wind speed at the outer peripheral portion is V1 and a wind speed at the inner peripheral portion is V2, a relational formula of V1?V2×2.0 is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sawada, Kazuya Funada
  • Patent number: 11530680
    Abstract: Methods for installing a wind turbine blade on a wind turbine hub include hoisting the wind turbine blade towards the wind turbine hub; bringing the wind turbine blade and the wind turbine hub into contact through an adaptable resilient body such that the adaptable resilient body is compressed between the wind turbine blade and the wind turbine hub; reducing a dimension of the adaptable resilient body such that the wind turbine blade approaches the wind turbine hub; and mounting the wind turbine blade to the wind turbine hub. Also, assemblies for assisting in mounting the wind turbine blade to the wind turbine hub and adapted wind turbine hubs are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventor: Vincent Cazenave
  • Patent number: 11530682
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vertical axis wind turbine air concentration tower with reduced radar cross section. The air concentration tower has a polygonal outer perimeter, a pivot located at each vertex of the polygonal outer perimeter, and an inwardly-positioned rudder blade operatively connected at each pivot. Each inwardly positioned rudder blade has a first wind-neutral position, and is pivotable through a plurality of angles that adjust based on an incoming wind direction, such that the incoming wind is channeled to the vertical axis wind turbine, which is located approximately at a center area of the polygonal outer perimeter. A radar absorbent material is applied to the vertical axis wind turbine air concentration tower to reduce the radar cross section. The air concentration tower is designed to provide higher wind speed to the vertical axis wind turbine than the surrounding ambient air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Dilson dos Santos Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 11525358
    Abstract: A rotary assembly for an aircraft engine is disclosed. A shaft is mounted for rotation about a central axis and a rotary part is mounted on the shaft for common rotation therewith. The rotary part has an axial end portion extending away from a center of mass of the rotary part, the axial end portion having a radial thickness smaller than that of the rotary part at an axial location aligned with the center of mass. The shaft and the rotary part have an interface defining an interference fit between the shaft and the axial end portion of the rotary part. The interface is located at a distance along the central axis from the center of mass. An undercut is defined in the rotary part. The undercut extends axially from adjacent the interface towards the center of mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Farid Abrari, Bernard Chow
  • Patent number: 11525408
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft configured with an engine core that has a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor. A fan located upstream of the engine core, that has a plurality of fan blades. A gearbox arranged to receive an input from the core shaft and to output to the fan so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft. The gearbox being an epicyclic gearbox having a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier on which the planet gears are mounted. The gearbox having an overall gear mesh stiffness, and wherein the overall gear mesh stiffness of the gearbox is greater than or equal to 1.05×109 N/m and less than or equal to 8.0×109 N/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Mark Spruce
  • Patent number: 11525371
    Abstract: Cooling a torque probe involves an elongated sleeve extending along a sleeve axis between a first sleeve end and a second sleeve end. The sleeve is mountable about the torque probe to define a flow passage between an inner surface of the sleeve and an outer surface of the torque probe. The flow passage is in fluid communication with a flow passage inlet of the sleeve and with a flow passage outlet of the sleeve spaced apart along the sleeve axis from the flow passage inlet. A cooling airflow is configured to flow into the flow passage via the flow passage inlet, through the flow passage along the outer surface of the torque probe to cool the torque probe, and out of the flow passage via the flow passage outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Hervé Turcotte, Gabriel Naccache, Adam Logan
  • Patent number: 11525461
    Abstract: A clip-on fan includes a specialized clamping clip that is attached to rectangular or cylindrical tent poles that are commonly used for grow tents; wherein fans are essential components for growing in tents and the current designs clip-on fans do not meet the needs of indoor growers; the clip-on fan comprising a fan assemblage and clip clasp assemblage arranged at the base of the complete product, wherein the clip is able to grasp to the vertical tubular structure of a grow tent; the grasping clasp assembly consisting of: a left clip plate, a right clip plate, a clip plate rotation shaft, a clip spring, a fan connection hole and, a clip clamp opening; the left and right clip plates are connected in a bilateral symmetry through the clip plate rotation shaft at the central connection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sinowell (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia Luo, Yan Yang