Patents Examined by Thomas P Burke
  • 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: 11939936
    Abstract: A cascade type thrust reverser device for a turbomachine of an aircraft, comprising a cascade including first partitions, second partitions intersecting the first partitions, and cavities, and a casing including a housing into which the cascade can be inserted in a first direction, the casing and the cascade being in relative translation with respect to one another in the first direction. The casing comprises a perforated wall intended to be in contact with an air flow and including orifices and wall strips with no orifices and intended to face the first walls of the cascade when the device is in a first position in which the cascade is entirely positioned in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Norman Bruno André Jodet, Jéremy Paul Francisco Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11913406
    Abstract: A thrust reverser system is provided that includes a sleeve, a fixed cascade structure and a blocker door. The fixed cascade structure is within a cavity of the sleeve when the sleeve is in a sleeve stowed position. The blocker door is within the cavity of the sleeve when the sleeve is in the sleeve stowed position and the blocker door is in a blocker door stowed position. The blocker door projects in a radial inward direction away from the sleeve towards the centerline when the sleeve is in a sleeve deployed position and when the blocker door is in a blocker door deployed position. The blocker door includes a pivot attachment fixed at an end of the blocker door. The pivot attachment is configured to move in a forward direction from a first location to a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ROHR, INC.
    Inventor: Jai Ganesh Palanisamy
  • Patent number: 11906168
    Abstract: A combustor assembly is generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a volute wall extended annularly around a combustor centerline. The volute wall is extended at least partially as a spiral curve from a circumferential reference line around the combustor centerline. The volute wall defines a combustion chamber therewithin. An annular inner wall is extended at least partially along a lengthwise direction from the volute wall. An annular outer wall is extended at least partially along the lengthwise direction from the volute wall. The inner wall and the outer wall are each separated along a radial direction from the combustor centerline. A primary flow passage is defined between the inner wall and the outer wall in fluid communication from the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Boardman, Pradeep Naik, Joseph Zelina, Clayton Stuart Cooper
  • Patent number: 11885495
    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 liner at least partially defining a combustion chamber of the gas turbine engine, wherein the liner comprises a looped feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Hiranya Kumar Nath, Daniel J. Kirtley, Shai Birmaher, Pradeep Naik
  • Patent number: 11840958
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan positioned at an engine central longitudinal axis, and a fan drive turbine located at the engine central longitudinal axis and configured to drive rotation of the fan. A gas generator is non-coaxial with the fan drive turbine and operably connected to the fan drive turbine such that exhaust from the gas generator drives rotation of the fan drive turbine. An auxiliary power core is located at the engine central longitudinal axis, and one or more bleed passages connect the gas generator and the auxiliary power core. The one or more bleed passages are configured to selectably combine a bleed airflow from the gas generator and an auxiliary core airflow at the auxiliary power core to direct the combined airflow to the fan drive turbine to increase output of the fan drive turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Bernard Kupratis, Paul R. Hanrahan, Christopher J. Hanlon
  • Patent number: 11802512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion chamber for a gas turbine engine, in which two openings extend through a metal wall (58) and a wall made of a refractory material (16). A device (76) guides a spark plug (48) in said two orifices, the guiding device comprising a metal flange (80) and a floating ring (82), the flange being shrunk onto or welded to the metal wall (58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, William Louis Rodolphe Dousse, Dan-Ranjiv Joory, Benjamin Frantz Karl Villenave
  • Patent number: 11802524
    Abstract: A turbofan with a sliding element, rotary blades that can rotate between stowed and deployed positions, and a maneuvering system which moves each blade when the sliding element moves and which includes, for each blade, a rotary main shaft, for each main shaft, a transmission lever rigidly secured to the main shaft, at least two connecting strips articulated to one another, wherein each connecting strip is associated with at least three main shafts, the transmission levers of which are articulated to the connecting strip, and a drive system which rotates the first connecting strip when the sliding element moves. The use of rotary blades on the sliding element and the simplified maneuvering system makes the assembly more lightweight compared to the use of conventional reverser doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Simon Vanderbauwede, Lionel Sillieres, Antoine Cousin
  • Patent number: 11781476
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for operating a multi-engine rotorcraft. The method comprises driving a rotor of the rotorcraft with a first engine while a second engine is de-clutched from a transmission clutch system that couples the rotor and the second engine, instructing the second engine to accelerate to a re-clutching speed, and controlling an output shaft speed of the second engine during acceleration of the second engine to the re-clutching speed by applying a damping function to a speed control loop of the second engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Philippe Beauchesne-Martel, Poi Loon Tang
  • Patent number: 11774093
    Abstract: A burner includes a main body having an outer surface and at least partially defining an interior. The main body further includes an upstream end axially spaced from a downstream end. The outer surface includes a burner front face at the downstream end of the main body. An annular cooling air plenum is defined in the main body radially inwardly from the outer surface. A cooling air passage extends from the outer surface to the annular cooling air plenum. A plurality of cooling channels is circumferentially spaced apart from one another along the burner front face. Each cooling channel of the plurality of cooling channels extends from a respective inlet in fluid communication with the annular cooling air plenum to a respective outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nico Biagioli, Christian Steffen Terhaar, Holger Luebcke, Andre Theuer
  • Patent number: 11754285
    Abstract: The liner of a combustor (100) for a gas turbine engine is provided with a projection region (111) provided with a plurality of projections (110) each projecting toward the compressed air chamber (56) from the liner outer surface and having a vertical wall portion (114) extending substantially orthogonally to a flow direction of compressed air flowing in the compressed air chamber, and a plurality of cooling holes (118) passed through the liner from the liner outer surface to the liner inner surface such that an end of each cooling hole on a side of the compressed air chamber is more downstream than an end of the cooling hole on a side of the combustion chamber (52) with respect to the flow direction of the compressed air in the compressed air chamber, at least a part of the cooling holes being formed in the projection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Kamoi, Shinichi Kobayashi, Hideaki Nakano
  • Patent number: 11753952
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a turbine vane within an engine case includes additively manufacturing a combustor liner within an engine case, additively manufacturing a support structure attached to the combustor liner at a radially distal position, and additively manufacturing the turbine vane attached to the support structure at an inwardly adjacent position to the radially distal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, David W. Morganson
  • Patent number: 11725818
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustion chamber defined between an inner shell and an outer shell. A hood chamber is separated from the combustion chamber by a bulkhead extending between the inner shell and the outer shell. The bulkhead includes at least one opening extending between the hood chamber and the combustion chamber. A fuel injector extends through the at least one opening. The fuel injector includes a primary fuel passage including a primary fuel outlet located within the combustion chamber. The fuel injector further includes a secondary fuel passage including a plurality of secondary fuel outlets located within the hood chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy S. Snyder
  • Patent number: 11702964
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hybrid power generation facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song-Hun Cha, Hyun Soo An, Sung Gju Kang, Young Gun Go, Kyoung Taek Oh, SangPil Jo
  • Patent number: 11679887
    Abstract: The aircraft motor architecture comprises two reversible electric machines (3, 4), the rotors (10) of which are linked both to the low pressure shaft (1) and to the high pressure shaft (2) by transmissions (11, 12, 13, 14) alternately disengaged depending on the direction of rotation of the rotor (10), the transmissions comprising passive one-way clutches (15, 16, 17, 18), the engagement directions of which are opposed. Independent modes of operation of the machines, as a starter or as an electric generator of each of the shafts, are thus provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Nawal Jaljal, Fabien Desarnaud
  • Patent number: 11635042
    Abstract: A turbofan with a nacelle having a slider that is movable between an advanced position and a retracted position to open a window between a duct and the outside, blades, each one being able to move in rotation between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a maneuvering system that moves each blade, a transmission arrangement that rotates the blades one after the other, a drive system that converts the translational movement of the slider into a rotational movement of a first blade and that has a ball screw system, an epicyclic gear train, and an assembly of arms and levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Lionel Sillieres, Simon Vanderbauwede
  • Patent number: 11597527
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system is disclosed and includes a first gas turbine engine including a first input shaft driving a first gear system, a first fan driven by the first gear system, a first generator supported on the first input shaft and a fan drive electric motor providing a drive input to the first fan, a second gas turbine engine including a second input shaft driving a second gear system, a second fan driven by the second gear system, a second generator supported on the second input shaft and a second fan drive electric motor providing a drive input to the second fan and a controller controlling power output from each of the first and second generators and directing the power output between each of the first and second fan drive electric motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Bernard Kupratis, Frederick M. Schwarz, William G. Sheridan, Glenn Levasseur
  • Patent number: 11598525
    Abstract: A combustion chamber (15) comprising a wall at least partially defining a combustion zone and having a first surface (41) facing away from the combustion zone and a second surface (43) facing the combustion zone, the wall having at least one effusion cooling aperture (69, 73) extending there-through from the first surface to the second surface, the effusion cooling aperture having an inlet in the first surface and an outlet in the second surface, the first surface having a particle separator (84) at least partially located upstream of the inlet of the effusion cooling aperture, the particle separator projecting away from the first surface and away from the combustion zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Stephen C Harding, Frederic Witham
  • Patent number: 11572807
    Abstract: An internal structure of a primary exhaust duct of a turbomachine, the internal structure comprising a primary wall comprising a surface of revolution about a longitudinal axis, allowing the air to pass through orifices and forming an internal surface of the primary exhaust duct, an interior skin comprising a surface of revolution about the longitudinal axis, arranged inside the primary wall, an upstream flange and a downstream flange which attach the interior skin to the interior of the primary wall, at least one separator which is attached to the interior skin and which extends from the interior skin towards the primary wall, the, or each, separator extends in a plane generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, between the two flanges, and the, or each, separator is not attached to the primary wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Julien Ferreira, Vincent Trocellier, Sandrine Andre, Michael Kilkenny
  • Patent number: 11572839
    Abstract: A turbomachine for an aircraft extending axially along an axis X comprising a primary flow path in which an air stream flows intended for the combustion chamber and a secondary flow path in which an air stream flows intended for propulsion, the compressor comprising a plurality of first variable bypass valves, a plurality of second variable bypass valves, the turbomachine comprising a first control system configured to control the movement of the plurality of first variable bypass valves and a second control system configured to control the movement of the plurality of second variable bypass valves, the first control system and the second control system being separate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Mathieu Daniel Marie Van Gansen, Lise Jeanne Bernadette Guillot