Patents by Inventor Bugra H. Ertas

Bugra H. Ertas 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).

  • Publication number: 20230184135
    Abstract: A windage cover for a plurality of fasteners coupling a ring gear assembly to an output shaft. The windage cover includes a clip retention member abutting an integral cover shell of the output shaft, and a foot portion configured to be inserted into a pilot groove between an integral lip and an arm portion of the output shaft. The windage cover also includes a wall portion connected to the foot portion, the wall portion being retained at one end of the wall portion by the clip retention member. The windage cover is configured to cover the plurality of fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Bugra H. Ertas, Norman A. Turnquist, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Gontla Nagashiresha
  • Patent number: 11639688
    Abstract: A planetary gear system includes a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears connected to a carrier and engaging with the sun gear, and a ring gear assembly including a damper housing, and a ring gear connected to the damper housing and engaging with the plurality of planet gears. The ring gear includes a geared wall having a plurality of gear teeth engaging with the plurality of planet gears, and a damper housing attachment member radially spaced outward of the geared wall and attaching the ring gear to the damper housing. A first end of the geared wall and the damper housing engage each other via a plurality of squeeze film damping members, and a second end of the geared wall is connected to the damper housing attachment member via a flexible damping wall that is configured to provide a radial damping of the second end of the geared wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE AVIO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Bugra H. Ertas, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Andrea Piazza