Patents Examined by Theodore C Ribadeneyra
  • Patent number: 11970985
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan and a fan case assembly. The fan includes a fan rotor configured to rotate about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of fan blades coupled to the fan rotor for rotation therewith. The fan case assembly extends circumferentially around the plurality of fan blades radially outward of the plurality of the fan blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Heeter, Daniel E. Molnar, Jr., Jonathan M. Rivers, Michael S. Krautheim
  • Patent number: 11965528
    Abstract: A fan case assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a case at extends circumferentially at least partway about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of vanes. The case is formed to define a plenum that extends circumferentially at least partway about the axis. The plurality of vanes are arranged in the plenum and spaced apart circumferentially about the axis to define a plurality of inlet openings in fluid communication with the plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Heeter, Daniel E. Molnar, Jr., Jonathan M. Rivers
  • Patent number: 11952917
    Abstract: A vane multiplet includes first and second ceramic matrix composite (CMC) singlet vanes that are arranged circumferentially adjacent each other. Each of the CMC singlet vanes includes an airfoil section and a platform at one end of the airfoil section. The platform defines forward and trailing platform edges and first and second circumferential side edges. A CMC overwrap conjoins the CMC singlet vanes. The CMC overwrap includes fiber plies that are fused to the platforms of the CMC singlet vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Wasserman, Raymond Surace
  • Patent number: 11952901
    Abstract: A turbomachine sealing ring has an axis of revolution and includes an annular support, an annular coating made of abradable material which is carried by the support, and an annular thermal protection plate which is carried by the support. The ring is divided into sectors and has a plurality of ring sectors disposed circumferentially next to one another about the axis. Each ring sector has a support sector, a coating sector, and a plate sector. Each plate sector ling includes a flat tab that is pressed against a face of the corresponding support sector and is fixed to this face by brazing. The tab is inserted into a through-slot in the support sector in order to improve its integrity in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Etienne Gérard Joseph Canelle, Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Bruno Giardini
  • Patent number: 11946416
    Abstract: A front centre body (FCB) structure for a geared turbofan engine comprises a plurality of vanes extending across the inlet duct to a low pressure compressor and integrates a heat exchanging arrangement to control the temperature of the gearbox of the turbofan engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GKN Aerospace Sweden AB
    Inventors: Lars Ellbrant, Hans Mårtensson, Carlos Arroyo, Fredrik Wallin, Mattias Billson
  • Patent number: 11939877
    Abstract: An integrally bladed rotor (IBR) for a gas turbine engine and method is provided. The IBR is configured for use in blade off testing and includes a hub, a plurality of rotor blades, a central passage, and first and second lateral cavities. The hub has forward and aft ends and a circumferentially extending exterior surface. The central passage is disposed in the hub radially below a test rotor blade, extending along a path between an inlet at or forward of the test blade leading edge and an outlet at or aft of the test blade trailing edge. The first and second lateral cavities are disposed in the hub, extending generally parallel to the central passage path, on opposite circumferential sides. The first lateral cavity is disposed a distance (MSD1) from the central passage and the second lateral cavity is disposed a distance (MSD2) from the central passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Paul Stone, Dikran Mangardich
  • Patent number: 11933264
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes a lengthwise portion that extends between a root region and a tip region of the wind turbine blade. The lengthwise portion includes a cross section in which a first region surrounds a second region. The densities of the first and second regions vary with the first density being greater than the second density. The lengthwise portion includes a surface layer that bounds the first region, forms an exterior surface, and is configured to resist environmental degradation. At least one structural element extends longitudinally through the first region and is configured to reinforce the blade during use of the wind turbine. The lengthwise portion of a wind turbine blade may be made through an additive manufacturing process by depositing a main body in a plurality of layers. Each layer may be deposited in a plane generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the lengthwise portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventor: Henrik Kudsk
  • Patent number: 11892083
    Abstract: A split ring seal has: a first circumferential end and a second circumferential end; an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface; a first axial end face and a second axial end face. A circumferentially distributed first plurality of open channels are along the first axial end face. A circumferentially distributed second plurality of open channels are along the second axial end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Liam P. Sullivan, Nicholas J. Lawliss, Xuejun Liu, John P. Virtue, Jr., Kalpendu J. Parekh
  • Patent number: 11891957
    Abstract: This exit seal is for connecting an exit flange of a combustor and a shroud in a stator blade of a turbine. The exit seal is equipped with: a seal body that extends in a circumferential direction; and a lid member disposed at a circumferential end of the seal body. The seal body comprises one or more recessed sections that are recessed in a radial direction or in an axial direction and extend in the circumferential direction. At a position of the circumferential end of at least one recessed section among the one or more recessed sections, the lid member is disposed so as to overlap, in the axial direction and the radial direction, with a recessed space formed by the one recessed section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Taniguchi, Taiki Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Sakaki, Kentaro Tokuyama
  • Patent number: 11890836
    Abstract: Ceramic matrix composite articles include, for example a first plurality of plies of ceramic fibers in a ceramic matrix defining a first extent, and a local at least one second ply in said ceramic matrix defining a second extent on and/or in said first plurality of plies with the second extent being less than said first extent. The first plurality of plies has a first property, the at least one second ply has at least one second property, and said first property being different from said at least one second property. The different properties may include one or more different mechanical (stress/strain) properties, one or more different thermal conductivity properties, one or more different electrical conductivity properties, one or more different other properties, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Hockemeyer, Jason David Shapiro, K. M. K. Genghis Khan, James Scott Vartuli, Daniel Gene Dunn, Shatil Sinha, Douglas Decesare, Suresh Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11879342
    Abstract: A turbine assembly (1) comprising: —a plurality of turbine ring sectors (20) made of ceramic-matrix composite material, —a ring support structure (3), comprising an annular shroud (6), and in addition —a plurality of angular spacer sectors (70) together forming an annular spacer (7), said annular spacer (7) being, on the one hand, fixed to the turbine ring (2) and, on the other hand, fixed to said annular shroud (6), characterized in that said turbine assembly (1) comprises at least one air diffuser (8), which is configured to diffuse cooling air onto the radially outer face (212) of at least one of said turbine ring sectors (20), and in that said at least one air diffuser (8) is mounted by being nested on one of said angular spacer sectors (70), in a nested position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Aurélien Gaillard, Clément Emile André Cazin, Clément Jarrossay, Pascal Cédric Tabarin, Nicolas Paul Tableau
  • Patent number: 11879477
    Abstract: A fan lamp, including a turntable, an elastic restoring assembly and fan blades, the fan blades are connected with the turntable through the elastic restoring assembly, the elastic restoring assembly includes an upper cover, a lower cover and an elastic member, two ends of the elastic member are connected with the upper cover and the lower cover respectively, the upper cover can rotate relative to the lower cover and drives the elastic member to be deformed elastically, the fan blades are connected with the upper cover, and the turntable is connected with the lower cover; and the upper cover includes a connecting member, the lower cover includes a connection mating member, the upper cover and the lower cover have the same circumferential contour and are both circular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhanhua Chen, Hongwei Chen, Guolong Ni
  • Patent number: 11873790
    Abstract: A high-power generating vortex windmill apparatus of an integrated-type rotor is proposed. The high-power generating vortex windmill apparatus includes a central shaft fence coupled to an outside portion of a rotary shaft to be spaced apart from the rotary shaft, a plurality of boundary fences concentrically coupled to an outside portion of the central shaft fence and arranged to be spaced apart from each other, a circumferential wing of which one end is coupled to the rotary shaft, radially arranged, and coupled to the central shaft fence and the plurality of boundary fences by passing therethrough, a plurality of slipstream rings respectively inserted among the plurality of boundary fences and concentrically arranged, and a slipstream ring support simultaneously attached and fixed to the plurality of slipstream rings, installed such that opposite ends thereof respectively connect an inner boundary fence to an outer boundary fence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEA & SKY TECH.LAB CO., LTD
    Inventors: Heon Mee Bae, Jung Ho Bae, Je Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11867080
    Abstract: An integrally bladed rotor for a turbomachine, in particular a compressor or turbine stage of a gas turbine, to which at least one separately formed impulse element housing (40; 40?) is fastened by at least one fastening element (30; 30?) which engages for this purpose into an opening (41) of the impulse element housing and into an opening (11) of the rotor, the impulse element housing having at least one cavity (44) in which at least one impulse element (5) is accommodated with play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Markus Schlemmer, Hans-Peter Hackenberg, Claudia Stoehr, Andreas Hartung, Michael Junge
  • Patent number: 11859500
    Abstract: A method of operating a gas turbine engine comprising: extracting a flow of air from a compressor section of the gas turbine engine into a first conduit; flowing the extracted flow of air through the first conduit to a first location at a turbine section of the turbine section, wherein a second conduit is in fluid communication with the turbine section at a second location; flowing a heat transfer fluid to a first heat exchanger positioned in thermal communication with the flow of air through the first conduit, the heat transfer fluid in thermal communication with the extracted flow of air through the first conduit via the first heat exchanger; and modulating, via a flow control device, a portion of the flow of air extracted from the first conduit to the second conduit downstream of the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: General Electric Company, General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH, General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o.
    Inventors: Ashish Sharma, Piotr Jerzy Kulinski, Adam Tomasz Pazinski, Tomasz Jan Bulsiewicz, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • Patent number: 11859510
    Abstract: A turbine blade tip, turbine blade and method where improved cooling is made possible by an improved cooling structure with cooling air holes inside a depression in a blade tip and a special arrangement of multiple cooling air holes which are supplied by a single cooling air channel inside a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Björn Anders, Reiner Anton, Kay Krabiell, Christian Lerner
  • Patent number: 11859543
    Abstract: A diffuser pipe has a tubular body defining a pipe center axis extending therethrough. The tubular body includes a first portion extending in a generally radial direction from an inlet of the tubular body, a second portion extending in a generally axial direction and terminating at a pipe outlet, and a bend portion fluidly linking the first portion and the second portion. The tubular body has a length defined between the inlet and the pipe outlet. The tubular body has cross-sectional profiles defined in a plane normal to the pipe center axis. An area of the cross-sectional profile at the pipe outlet is at least 20% greater than an area of the cross-sectional profile at a point upstream from the pipe outlet a distance corresponding to 10% of the length of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Jason Nichols, Ryan Perera
  • Patent number: 11852078
    Abstract: A process for coating a component includes applying a bond coat on a substrate of a component; applying a thermal barrier material to the bond coat; and applying a conforming reflective layer to the thermal barrier material, the conforming reflective layer conforming to porous microstructure of the ceramic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian T. Hazel, Alan C. Barron, Mary Catherine Gurak
  • Patent number: 11846199
    Abstract: A containment structure for a rotor includes a shroud and a shroud reinforcement. The shroud is coaxial with and partially surrounds the rotor and includes a tubular section, a transition section, and a flange section. The tubular section extends axially past a first side of the rotor. The transition section connects to the tubular section and is adjacent to a curved side of the rotor. The flange section connects to the transition section opposite the tubular section. The flange section extends radially past a radially outer side of the rotor. The shroud reinforcement is connected to a radially outer surface of the transition section. The shroud reinforcement encloses the transition section and includes a support scaffold and a reinforcing material. The support scaffold includes a series of geometric retaining features encircling a radially outer surface of the transition section. The reinforcing material couples to the support scaffold and restricts shroud radial expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Viktor Kilchyk, Christopher Simpson
  • Patent number: 11846193
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine can include a monolithic body with an inner band and an outer band radially spaced from the inner band, a pocket surface in one of the inner or outer bands defining a recess, and an airfoil with a first end radially extending from the other of the inner or outer bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o.
    Inventors: Piotr Jerzy Kulinski, Tomasz Edward Berdowski