Patents by Inventor Veeraraju VANAPALLI

Veeraraju VANAPALLI 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: 20200217509
    Abstract: A fuel injector heat exchanger assembly is provided, in which the fuel injector assembly includes a body defining an outer surface and an inner surface. The body includes a plurality of walls in concentric arrangement. The plurality of walls defines a plurality of passages including a first passage surrounded by a second passage, and a third passage surrounding the second passage. Each passage is fluidly segregated from one another by the plurality of walls. A first conduit wall is defined through the body from the outer surface. The first conduit wall defines a first conduit in fluid communication with the second passage. The first conduit wall fluidly segregates the first conduit from the third passage. The first conduit is configured to admit a flow of fluid from outside the fuel injector into the second passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Varun Swaminathan Lakshmanan, Michael Anthony Benjamin, Veeraraju Vanapalli, Karthikeyan Sampath
  • Publication number: 20200217510
    Abstract: A turbo machine including a heat exchanger flowpath is generally provided. The turbo machine includes an outer casing extended along an axial direction, a prediffuser defining an inlet passage into a combustion section of the turbo machine, an inner casing extended from the prediffuser, in which a diffuser cavity is defined between the outer casing and the inner casing, a first plenum wall extended outward along a radial direction from the prediffuser, and a second plenum wall extended outward along a radial direction from the prediffuser. The second plenum wall is separated along the axial direction from the first plenum wall. A plenum is defined between the first plenum wall and the second plenum wall. The turbo machine includes a heat exchanger including a first conduit in fluid communication with the diffuser cavity. The first conduit is in fluid communication with a passage, and a second conduit in fluid communication with the passage and the plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Sampath, Varun Swaminathan Lakshmanan, Michael Anthony Benjamin, Veeraraju Vanapalli
  • Patent number: 10677260
    Abstract: A turbine engine that includes a rotor assembly including a plurality of rotor blades, an outer case positioned radially outward from the plurality of rotor blades, and an annular ring coupled to the outer case and positioned between the plurality of rotor blades and the outer case. The annular ring is configured to restrict thermal contraction of the outer case towards the plurality of rotor blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Veeraraju Vanapalli, Nitesh Jain, Viswanadha Gupta Sakala, Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Nicholas Joseph Kray
  • Publication number: 20190285082
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine including a first frame comprising a first bearing assembly, a second frame comprising a second bearing assembly, and a compressor rotor. A first stage compressor airfoil is defined at an upstream-most stage of the compressor rotor. The compressor rotor is rotatable via the first bearing assembly and the second bearing assembly. The first stage compressor airfoil is disposed between the first bearing assembly and the second bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Veeraraju Vanapalli, Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Rajendra Mahadeorao Wankhade, Ramana Reddy Kollam
  • Publication number: 20190257318
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine including a compressor rotor. The compressor rotor includes a first stage compressor airfoil defined at an upstream-most stage of the compressor rotor. The first stage compressor airfoil defines a first stage pressure ratio of at least approximately 1.7 during operation of the gas turbine engine at a tip speed of at least approximately 472 meters per second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Veeraraju Vanapalli, Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Jagata Laxmi Narasimharao, Tsuguji Nakano, Subramanian Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20180238346
    Abstract: A turbine engine that includes a rotor assembly including a plurality of rotor blades, an outer case positioned radially outward from the plurality of rotor blades, and an annular ring coupled to the outer case and positioned between the plurality of rotor blades and the outer case. The annular ring is configured to restrict thermal contraction of the outer case towards the plurality of rotor blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Veeraraju Vanapalli, Nitesh Jain, Viswanadha Gupta Sakala, Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Nicholas Joseph Kray
  • Patent number: 9909451
    Abstract: In one aspect, a bearing assembly for supporting a rotor shaft relative to a support structure of a gas turbine engine may generally include a bearing including an outer race and an inner race, an outer bearing housing configured to extend radially between the outer race of the bearing and the support structure of the gas turbine engine and an inner bearing support configured to extend radially between the inner race of the bearing and the rotor shaft. In addition, the outer bearing housing and the inner bearing support each include at least one radially extending spring arm such that the outer bearing housing and the inner bearing support collectively form two springs coupled in series between the support structure and the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Carter, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Jacob Patrick Miller, Sivakumar Mahesh, Kevin L. Kirkeng, Veeraraju Vanapalli
  • Publication number: 20170009603
    Abstract: In one aspect, a bearing assembly for supporting a rotor shaft relative to a support structure of a gas turbine engine may generally include a bearing including an outer race and an inner race, an outer bearing housing configured to extend radially between the outer race of the bearing and the support structure of the gas turbine engine and an inner bearing support configured to extend radially between the inner race of the bearing and the rotor shaft. In addition, the outer bearing housing and the inner bearing support each include at least one radially extending spring arm such that the outer bearing housing and the inner bearing support collectively form two springs coupled in series between the support structure and the rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Bruce Alan CARTER, Ravindra Shankar GANIGER, Bhaskar Nanda MONDAL, Jacob Patrick MILLER, Sivakumar MAHESH, Kevin L. KIRKENG, Veeraraju VANAPALLI