Patents Examined by Theodore Ribadeneyra
  • Patent number: 9784117
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine with an axial centerline. This turbine engine assembly includes a blade outer air seal segment, a linkage, a rocker arm and an actuation device. The linkage is attached to the blade outer air seal segment. The rocker arm includes a first arm and a second arm engaged with the linkage. The actuation device is engaged with the first arm. The actuation device is configured to pivot the rocker arm and thereby radially move the blade outer air seal segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Duguay, Timothy M. Davis
  • Patent number: 9777578
    Abstract: An object is to provide a radial turbine blade that can reduce an impact loss of inflowing gas at a leading edge of the turbine blade and achieve a higher turbine efficiency, even in a case of a flow field corresponding to a low turbine operational velocity ratio U/C0 due to a throttling operation on a variable nozzle mechanism of a variable geometry turbocharger. In a radial turbine blade, a hub-side end portion Pa at a leading edge 51 of a turbine blade 50 is formed to be positioned more on a rear side in a rotation direction R of the turbine blade 50 than a shroud-side end portion Sc at the leading edge 51, and a straight line connecting between the shroud-side end portion Sc and the hub-side end portion Pa is inclined with respect to a straight line extending in a rotation axis direction from the shroud-side end portion Sc at the leading edge 51 onto a hub 17 surface by an angle in a range from 30° to 70° as viewed in the radial direction of the turbine blade 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Masaki Tojo, Satomi Nagae
  • Patent number: 9771870
    Abstract: A blade for a gas turbine engine includes a fixed length member and a floating blade seal that is movable relative to the floating blade seal to change the length of the blade and vary the gap between the blade and an engine housing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas D. Dierksmeier
  • Patent number: 9752450
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine with an axial centerline. This turbine engine assembly may include a blade outer air seal segment, a linkage and an actuation device. The linkage may include a shaft and a head, where the shaft is connected to the blade outer air seal segment and extends radially outward to the head. The actuation device may include a sloped slide block located radially within and engaged with the head. The actuation device may be configured to laterally translate the sloped slide block and thereby radially move the blade outer air seal segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Duguay, Timothy M. Davis
  • Patent number: 9745858
    Abstract: A turbine seal plate includes an inner rim with a labyrinth seal land that defines a central bore having a labyrinth seal diameter. The turbine seal plate also includes a housing coupling ring arranged radially outward of the inner rim. A housing pilot extends axially from the housing coupling ring and substantially parallel to the labyrinth seal land with respect to a radially inner portion of the housing pilot. The housing pilot has a housing pilot thickness, and a ratio of the housing pilot thickness to the labyrinth seal diameter is between 0.08 and 0.14. A frusto-conical body extends between the radially inner portion of the housing pilot and the inner rim of the turbine seal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig M. Beers, Eric Chrabascz
  • Patent number: 9719363
    Abstract: A seal segment for a gas turbine engine includes a first axial span that extends between the first radial span and the second radial span. A second axial span extends between the first radial span and the second radial span, the first radial span, the second radial span, the first axial span and the second axial span forming a torque box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David R Pack, Julian Partyka, James D. Hill, Gabriel L Suciu, Gregory M Dolansky, Brian D Merry
  • Patent number: 9670786
    Abstract: A rotary blade tip insert for incorporation into a rotary blade, for example, a rotary fan blade in a gas turbine engine. The tip insert comprises a sleeve for insertion into a recess provided in said rotary blade. The sleeve has a radially outer end defining an opening, a radially inner end and opposing wall portions extending between said ends. The tip insert further comprises a tip element having a crown portion and a root portion for insertion into the opening of said sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Simon Read, Matthew D Curren