Patents by Inventor Prashant Mahadeo Bhujabal

Prashant Mahadeo Bhujabal 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).

  • Variable stiffness bearing housing
    Patent number: 10801366
    Abstract: A turbine engine including a bearing element coupled to a rotor assembly and a bearing housing disposed substantially concentric to the axial centerline of the turbine engine. The bearing housing includes a first member coupled to the bearing element. The first member defines a groove at which a variable stiffness element is coupled to the first member and disposed within the groove. The bearing housing defines a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion along a load direction. The first portion and the second portion together selectively define a gap therebetween based at least on a change in load along the load direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Prashant Mahadeo Bhujabal, Milind Chandrakant Dhabade
  • Variable Stiffness Bearing Housing
    Publication number: 20190353052
    Abstract: A turbine engine including a bearing element coupled to a rotor assembly and a bearing housing disposed substantially concentric to the axial centerline of the turbine engine. The bearing housing includes a first member coupled to the bearing element. The first member defines a groove at which a variable stiffness element is coupled to the first member and disposed within the groove. The bearing housing defines a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion along a load direction. The first portion and the second portion together selectively define a gap therebetween based at least on a change in load along the load direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Prashant Mahadeo Bhujabal, Milind Chandrakant Dhabade