Patents by Inventor Rajani Bhanu Poornima M

Rajani Bhanu Poornima M 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).

  • Heat transfer system for gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 11970971
    Abstract: A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a fan; a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, wherein the turbomachine, the fan, or both include an engine component; a heat source; and a heat transfer system configured to reduce ice buildup or ice formation in the engine component, the heat transfer system in communication with the heat source, the heat transfer system comprising: a first heat transfer component in communication with the heat source; and a second heat transfer component that extends from the first heat transfer component to or through the engine component, wherein the first heat transfer component comprises one of a heat pipe or a graphene rod, and wherein the second heat transfer component comprises the other of the heat pipe or the graphene rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: General Electric Company, General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Rajani Bhanu Poornima M, Vilas Kawaduji Bokade, Subramani Adhiachari, Sesha Subramanian, Pankaj Sharma, Ashish Sharma, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • ELECTRICAL ASSISTED ICE REDUCTION MECHANISMS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE OR AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20230392549
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a fan comprising a plurality of fan blades; a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, the turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath; and one or more graphene layers coupled to, or integrated into, a portion of the gas turbine engine, wherein the one or more graphene layers are configured to reduce ice buildup or ice formation. The one or more graphene layers include graphene or an allotrope thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ashish Sharma, Antonio Guijarro Valencia, Paolo Vanacore, Scott Alan Schimmels, Rajani Bhanu Poornima M, Vishnu Vardhan Venkata Tatiparthi, Prateek Mathur, Vilas Kawaduji Bokade
  • HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20230349324
    Abstract: A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a fan; a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, wherein the turbomachine, the fan, or both include an engine component; a heat source; and a heat transfer system configured to reduce ice buildup or ice formation in the engine component, the heat transfer system in communication with the heat source, the heat transfer system comprising: a first heat transfer component in communication with the heat source; and a second heat transfer component that extends from the first heat transfer component to or through the engine component, wherein the first heat transfer component comprises one of a heat pipe or a graphene rod, and wherein the second heat transfer component comprises the other of the heat pipe or the graphene rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Rajani Bhanu Poornima M, Vilas Kawaduji Bokade, Subramani Adhiachari, Sesha Subramanian, Pankaj Sharma, Ashish Sharma, Scott Alan Schimmels