Patents by Inventor Pietro Molesini

Pietro Molesini 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: 20220042464
    Abstract: A turbomachine engine can include a fan assembly, a vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and a gearbox efficiency rating. The fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include one or more compressor sections and one or more turbine sections. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input is coupled to the one or more turbine sections of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output is coupled to the fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 4.1-14.0. The gearbox efficiency rating is 0.10-1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: GE Avio S.r.l.
    Inventors: Pietro Molesini, Andrea Piazza, Fabio De Bellis
  • Publication number: 20220042463
    Abstract: A turbomachine engine can include a fan assembly, a pitch change mechanism, a vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and a gearbox efficiency rating. The fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The pitch change mechanism can be coupled to the fan assembly. The vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes. The core engine can include one or more compressor sections and one or more turbine sections. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input is coupled to the one or more turbine sections of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output is coupled to the fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 4.1-14.0. The gearbox efficiency rating is 0.10-1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: GE Avio S.r.l.
    Inventors: Pietro Molesini, Andrea Piazza, Fabio De Bellis
  • Publication number: 20220042462
    Abstract: A turbomachine engine can include an unducted fan assembly, an unducted vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and a gearbox efficiency rating. The unducted fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The unducted vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include one or more compressor sections and one or more turbine sections. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input is coupled to the one or more turbine sections of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output is coupled to the unducted fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 4.1-14.0. The gearbox efficiency rating is 0.10-1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: GE Avio S.r.l.
    Inventors: Pietro Molesini, Andrea Plazza, Fabio De Bellis
  • Publication number: 20220042461
    Abstract: A turbomachine engine can include a fan assembly, a vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and a gearbox efficiency rating. The fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include one or more compressor sections and one or more turbine sections. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input is coupled to the one or more turbine sections of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output is coupled to the fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 4.1-14.0. The gearbox efficiency rating is 0.10-1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: GE Avio S.r.l.
    Inventors: Pietro Molesini, Andrea Piazza, Fabio De Bellis
  • Publication number: 20210062910
    Abstract: A gear assembly for an aeronautical engine that includes a first gear disposed at a centerline axis of the gear assembly; a second gear coupled to the first gear in adjacent radial arrangement to form a first mesh between the first gear and the second gear; a third gear coupled to the second gear in adjacent radial arrangement to form a second mesh between the second gear and the third gear; a collector rotatably coupled with the third gear; and a lubricant input portion disposed between a portion of the first gear and the second gear such that a first supply opening of the lubricant input portion is directed at the first mesh between the first gear and the second gear. The first supply opening provides a flow of lubricant to the first mesh with a portion of the flow of lubricant is collected by the collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Saypen Baraggia Au Yeung, Pietro Molesini, Fabio De Bellis
  • Publication number: 20210025288
    Abstract: Cooling sub-systems and methods of manufacturing cooling sub-systems are provided. For example, a cooling sub-system comprises a heat exchanger and a manifold that comprises a first sensor seat and a first valve seat, which are in fluid communication with a flow of a working fluid through the heat exchanger and the manifold. The heat exchanger and manifold are integrally formed as a single unit. In some embodiments, the manifold further comprises a second sensor seat, a second valve seat, and a plurality of internal passageways, which fluidly connects the first and second sensor seats and the first and second valve seats a working fluid inlet and a working fluid outlet for an ingress of working fluid into and out of the manifold. The cooling sub-system may be manufactured by one or more additive manufacturing methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Alessandro Bordoni, Pietro Molesini, Lorenzo Dal Mas, Rosaria Conte
  • Publication number: 20210010392
    Abstract: A lubricant system for supplying lubrication to a component in a turbine engine includes a lubricant reservoir, a supply line fluidly coupling the lubricant reservoir to the component in the turbine engine, a scavenge line fluidly coupling the component to the lubricant reservoir, and a bypass line fluidly coupling the supply line to the scavenge line and bypassing the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Pietro Molesini, Alberto Frezet, Saypen Baraggia Au Yeung