Patents by Inventor Amit Arvind KURVINKOP
Amit Arvind KURVINKOP has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11959387Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric CompanyInventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11859556Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine member rotatably couples to the drive shaft, where the drive shaft or turbine member are rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A scoop wheel located in the interior of the housing provides lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Publication number: 20230258103Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20230184172Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine member rotatably couples to the drive shaft, where the drive shaft or turbine member are rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A scoop wheel located in the interior of the housing provides lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Patent number: 11661863Abstract: 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 one or more of the drive shaft, the carrier, or the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11578662Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Publication number: 20220056813Abstract: 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 one or more of the drive shaft, the carrier, or the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20220056850Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Patent number: 11203980Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Publication number: 20210222627Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Patent number: 10479483Abstract: Pitch control assembly and propeller blade assembly having a spider hub are disclosed. The spider hub includes a hub and a set of arms spaced circumferentially about the hub and projecting radially from the hub, wherein the set of arms are configured to receive a set of blades such that a blade root of a blade is rotationally mountable into an arm included in the set of arms, a crosshead located within the hub and axially moveable relative to the hub, a torque tube located in the arm and extending into the hub, wherein a pitch angle of the blade can be adjusted by axially moving the crosshead to rotate the torque tube to effect a corresponding rotation of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLCInventors: David Raju Yamarthi, Rajendra Vishwanath Pawar, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, Sandeep Kumar, Murugesan Periasamy, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bajarang Agrawal, Nagashiresha G.
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Patent number: 10137980Abstract: Hub assembly and propeller blade assemblies incorporating partial hub assembly having a backing plate with a set of partial root seats and a set of clamps selectively operably couplable to the backing plate with each clamp defining a second partial root seat and wherein when a clamp is coupled to the backing plate a root seat is formed, propeller blades having roots are received within the root seats.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventors: Rajendra Vishwanath Pawar, David Raju Yamarthi, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, Sandeep Kumar, Murugesan Periasamy, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bajarang Agrawal, Nagashiresha G
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Patent number: 9957038Abstract: Propeller blade assemblies and a propeller blade retention assembly including a sleeve for operably coupling a propeller blade to a hub wherein the sleeve retains the propeller blade within the hub and allows the propeller blade to rotate about its pitch axis and where the sleeve includes a self-aligning mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: GE Aviation Systems, LLCInventors: Rajendra Vishwanath Pawar, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Murugesan Periasamy, David Raju Yamarthi, Sandeep Kumar, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, Bajarang Agrawal, Nagashiresha G
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Publication number: 20170015404Abstract: Hub assembly and propeller blade assemblies incorporating partial hub assembly having a backing plate with a set of partial root seats and a set of clamps selectively operably couplable to the backing plate with each clamp defining a second partial root seat and wherein when a clamp is coupled to the backing plate a root seat is formed, propeller blades having roots are received within the root seats.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Rajendra Vishwanath PAWAR, David Raju YAMARTHI, Amit Arvind KURVINKOP, Sandeep KUMAR, Murugesan PERIASAMY, Ravindra Shankar GANIGER, Bajarang AGRAWAL, Nagashiresha G
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Publication number: 20170008612Abstract: Pitch control assembly and propeller blade assembly having a spider hub are disclosed. The spider hub includes a hub and a set of arms spaced circumferentially about the hub and projecting radially from the hub, wherein the set of arms are configured to receive a set of blades such that a blade root of a blade is rotationally mountable into an arm included in the set of arms, a crosshead located within the hub and axially moveable relative to the hub, a torque tube located in the arm and extending into the hub, wherein a pitch angle of the blade can be adjusted by axially moving the crosshead to rotate the torque tube to effect a corresponding rotation of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: David Raju YAMARTHI, Rajendra Vishwanath PAWAR, Amit Arvind KURVINKOP, Sandeep KUMAR, Murugesan PERIASAMY, Ravindra Shankar GANIGER, Bajarang AGRAWAL, Nagashiresha G.
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Publication number: 20160368591Abstract: Propeller blade assemblies and a propeller blade retention assembly including a sleeve for operably coupling a propeller blade to a hub wherein the sleeve retains the propeller blade within the hub and allows the propeller blade to rotate about its pitch axis and where the sleeve includes a self-aligning mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Rajendra Vishwanath PAWAR, Ravindra Shankar GANIGER, Murugesan PERIASAMY, David Raju Yamarthi, Sandeep KUMAR, Amit Arvind KURVINKOP, Bajarang AGRAWAL, Nagashiresha G