Patents by Inventor Flavia Turi

Flavia Turi 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).

  • Oil scavenge system for a gearbox
    Patent number: 11879541
    Abstract: A gearbox including a gear and a gutter. The gear is rotatable about a rotational axis in a rotational direction. The gear has a radial direction and an axial direction, and the gear expels oil radially outward when the gear rotates. The gutter is positioned radially outward of the gear in the radial direction of the gear to collect oil expelled by the gear when the gear rotates. The gutter includes an axial surface, a plurality of radial surfaces including a first radial surface and a second radial surface, and at least one opening to allow the oil collected in the gutter to flow therethrough. Each of the first radial surface and the second radial surface is oriented in a direction intersecting the axial surface, and the at least one opening is formed on both the axial surface and one of the first radial surface and the second radial surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE AVIO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Xiaohua Zhang, Bugra H. Ertas, Flavia Turi, Walter J. Smith
  • Eccentric gutter for an epicyclical gear train
    Patent number: 11859546
    Abstract: A gearbox for a gas turbine engine. The gearbox including a rotor and a gutter. The oil system is configured to supply oil to the gearbox. The rotor is rotatable about a rotation axis. The rotor expels oil radially outward when the rotor rotates. The gutter is positioned radially outward of the rotor to collect oil expelled by the rotor when the rotor rotates. The gutter is positioned eccentrically with respect to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE AVIO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Xiaohua Zhang, Bugra H. Ertas, Walter J. Smith, Flavia Turi
  • GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO
    Publication number: 20230417185
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly includes a gearbox and a gutter for collecting a gearbox lubricant scavenge flow from the gearbox. The gutter is characterized by a lubricant extraction volume ratio between 0.01 and 0.3, inclusive of the endpoints. A gas turbine engine includes the gearbox assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Bugra H. Ertas, Xiaohua Zhang, Miriam Manzoni, Flavia Turi, Andrea Piazza, Arthur W. Sibbach
  • ECCENTRIC GUTTER FOR AN EPICYCLICAL GEAR TRAIN
    Publication number: 20230313738
    Abstract: A gearbox for a gas turbine engine. The gearbox including a rotor and a gutter. The oil system is configured to supply oil to the gearbox. The rotor is rotatable about a rotation axis. The rotor expels oil radially outward when the rotor rotates. The gutter is positioned radially outward of the rotor to collect oil expelled by the rotor when the rotor rotates. The gutter is positioned eccentrically with respect to the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaohua Zhang, Bugra H. Ertas, Walter J. Smith, Flavia Turi
  • OIL SCAVENGE SYSTEM FOR A GEARBOX
    Publication number: 20230313880
    Abstract: A gearbox including a gear and a gutter. The gear is rotatable about a rotational axis in a rotational direction. The gear has a radial direction and an axial direction, and the gear expels oil radially outward when the gear rotates. The gutter is positioned radially outward of the gear in the radial direction of the gear to collect oil expelled by the gear when the gear rotates. The gutter includes an axial surface, a plurality of radial surfaces including a first radial surface and a second radial surface, and at least one opening to allow the oil collected in the gutter to flow therethrough. Each of the first radial surface and the second radial surface is oriented in a direction intersecting the axial surface, and the at least one opening is formed on both the axial surface and one of the first radial surface and the second radial surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaohua Zhang, Bugra H. Ertas, Flavia Turi, Walter J. Smith