Patents by Inventor Souvik POREL

Souvik POREL 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: 20250207535
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a hollow gear. The hollow gear has one or more reservoirs configured to store a lubricant and one or more passages configured to supply the lubricant to one or more gear meshes in the gearbox assembly. The hollow gear provides a dampening system configured to absorb vibrations and loading experienced in the gearbox assembly and configured to provide impact resistance for the gearbox assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: David Yamarthi, Paul Mathew, Parmeet Chhabra, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Souvik Porel, Gautam Naik, Norman A. Turnquist
  • Patent number: 12258909
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a hollow gear. The hollow gear has one or more reservoirs configured to store a lubricant and one or more passages configured to supply the lubricant to one or more gear meshes in the gearbox assembly. The hollow gear provides a dampening system configured to absorb vibrations and loading experienced in the gearbox assembly and configured to provide impact resistance for the gearbox assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: David Yamarthi, Paul Mathew, Parmeet Chhabra, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Souvik Porel, Gautam Naik, Norman A. Turnquist
  • Publication number: 20230272751
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a hollow gear. The hollow gear has one or more reservoirs configured to store a lubricant and one or more passages configured to supply the lubricant to one or more gear meshes in the gearbox assembly. The hollow gear provides a dampening system configured to absorb vibrations and loading experienced in the gearbox assembly and configured to provide impact resistance for the gearbox assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: David Yamarthi, Paul Mathew, Parmeet Chhabra, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Souvik Porel, Gautam Naik, Norman A. Turnquist
  • Patent number: 11660671
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a planet gear or a sun gear of a gearbox of a wind turbine includes forming a base of the planet gear via at least one of casting or forging. The base of the planet gear includes an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface. Therefore, at least one of the inner circumferential surface or the outer circumferential surface of the planet gear includes a plurality of net or near-net gear teeth. The method also includes applying a coating material to at least a portion of the base of the gear and at least a portion of the plurality of gear teeth of the gear via an additive manufacturing process so as to increase a hardness of the portions of the base and the plurality of gear teeth that includes the coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Wertz, Raed Zuhair Hasan, Adam Daniel Minadeo, Souvik Porel, Ganesh Raut, Jeremy Charles Ridge
  • Patent number: 11333200
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pitch bearing or a yaw bearing for a wind turbine includes forming an outer race of the bearing of a base material. The method also includes forming an inner race of the bearing of the base material. Further, one of the inner race or the outer race defines a circumferential surface comprising a plurality of gear teeth. The method further includes arranging the inner race within the outer race. In addition, the method includes providing a plurality of roller elements between the outer and inner races. Moreover, the method includes applying a coating material to at least a portion of the plurality of gear teeth via an additive manufacturing process. The coating material is different than the base material. As such, the coating material provides at least one of increased hardness, strength, or durability to the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raed Zuhair Hasan, Adam Daniel Minadeo, John P. Davis, Aaron Wertz, Ganesh Raut, Souvik Porel
  • Publication number: 20210254667
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pitch bearing or a yaw bearing for a wind turbine includes forming an outer race of the bearing of a base material. The method also includes forming an inner race of the bearing of the base material. Further, one of the inner race or the outer race defines a circumferential surface comprising a plurality of gear teeth. The method further includes arranging the inner race within the outer race. In addition, the method includes providing a plurality of roller elements between the outer and inner races. Moreover, the method includes applying a coating material to at least a portion of the plurality of gear teeth via an additive manufacturing process. The coating material is different than the base material. As such, the coating material provides at least one of increased hardness, strength, or durability to the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Raed Zuhair Hasan, Adam Daniel Minadeo, John P. Davis, Aaron Wertz, Ganesh Raut, Souvik Porel
  • Publication number: 20210123418
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a planet gear or a sun gear of a gearbox of a wind turbine includes forming a base of the planet gear via at least one of casting or forging. The base of the planet gear includes an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface. Therefore, at least one of the inner circumferential surface or the outer circumferential surface of the planet gear includes a plurality of net or near-net gear teeth. The method also includes applying a coating material to at least a portion of the base of the gear and at least a portion of the plurality of gear teeth of the gear via an additive manufacturing process so as to increase a hardness of the portions of the base and the plurality of gear teeth that includes the coating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Wertz, Raed Zuhair Hasan, Adam Daniel Minadeo, Souvik Porel, Ganesh Raut, Jeremy Charles Ridge
  • Patent number: 10502193
    Abstract: A repair method for a gearbox assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The gearbox includes a gearbox housing having an upwind end and a downwind end, a gear assembly configured within the gearbox housing, at least one shaft configured with the gear assembly and extending from the gearbox housing to a generator of the wind turbine, and a sleeve assembly configured with the gearbox housing. Further, the sleeve assembly is removable so as to provide additional space in the gearbox housing during at least one of disassembly or assembly of the gearbox assembly such that the various components can be easily repaired and/or replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rong Li, Jonathan Paul Signore, Tingyu Zhang, Wei Zheng, Souvik Porel, Priyangu C. Patel, James Edward Cencula
  • Publication number: 20180283360
    Abstract: A repair method for a gearbox assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The gearbox includes a gearbox housing having an upwind end and a downwind end, a gear assembly configured within the gearbox housing, at least one shaft configured with the gear assembly and extending from the gearbox housing to a generator of the wind turbine, and a sleeve assembly configured with the gearbox housing. Further, the sleeve assembly is removable so as to provide additional space in the gearbox housing during at least one of disassembly or assembly of the gearbox assembly such that the various components can be easily repaired and/or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Rong LI, Jonathan Paul SIGNORE, Tingyu ZHANG, Wei ZHENG, Souvik POREL, Priyangu C. PATEL, James Edward CENCULA