Turbomachine Making Patents (Class 29/889.2)
  • Patent number: 11566529
    Abstract: A turbomachinery component with a surface that includes a bounded wear coat, the component includes: a body; a contact surface defined by the body; a recess extending into the body and communicating with the contact surface; and a wear coat positioned in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Shawn Patrick Duffen, Donald Brett DeSander, Victor Hugo Silva Correia
  • Patent number: 11535375
    Abstract: An autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for land, sea and air use. The autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle is more specifically related to an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to vertically take off and vertically land, fly with fixed wings and stay in the air silently for a long time by means of a balloon inflated behind it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: ISTANBUL TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI, MITOS MIKRODALGA GORUN IULEME SISTEMLER: MUHENDISLHK SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI
    Inventors: Guray Ali Canli, Ibrahim Akduman, Ismail Kurtoglu, Mehmet Cayoren, Pelin Yavuz Gundogdu, Ibrahim Ozkol, Hasan Ercan, Muhammet Tarik Tamyurek
  • Patent number: 11512709
    Abstract: Blades (20a to 20c) of a propeller fan (10) have different circumferential pitches ?1, ?2, and ?3. The blades (20a to 20c) have different masses so that the center of gravity of the propeller fan (10) is positioned on a rotational center axis (11) of the propeller fan (10). Blade body portions (42c) of the blades (20a to 20c) have different thicknesses. In contrast, camber lines of the blades (20a to 20c) in blade cross section have the same shape, projections of the blades (20a to 20c) on a plane perpendicular to the rotational center axis (11) of the propeller fan (10) have the same shape, and leading edge portions (41a to 41c) of the blades (20a to 20c) have the same shape. As a result, a propeller fan (10) having reduced noise and vibrations can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tooru Iwata, Hirotaka Tomioka, Kaname Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11359499
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gas turbine including a housing, a rotor rotatably provided in the housing to transfer a rotary force to a compressor, the compressor receiving the rotary force from the rotor and compressing air, a combustor mixing a fuel with the compressed air supplied from the compressor and igniting the mixture of the fuel and the air to generate combustion gas, and a turbine receiving the rotary force caused by the combustion gas generated by the combustor and rotating the rotor by using the received rotary force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Jin Ho Bae
  • Patent number: 11092338
    Abstract: Method for constructing impingement/effusion cooling features in a component of a combustion turbine engine is provided. A pocket 102 may be arranged between an outer wall 104 and an inner wall 106 of the component. A lasing device 108 allows drilling through the component to form an effusion hole 110. The lasing device further allows welding closed an opening 117 formed at outer wall 104 of the component during the drilling with the lasing device through the component. Lasing device 108 further allows drilling through outer wall 104 of the component to form an impingement hole 118 for the impingement/effusion cooling feature. The proposed methodology in a multi-panel arrangement, for example, eliminates a need of having to pre-drill such holes in individual panels prior to the bonding and forming of the component, which overcomes various drawbacks commonly associated with such pre-drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Timothy A. Fox, Kurtis Dickerson, Alexander Hyatt
  • Patent number: 11073157
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a gear assembly, a bypass flow passage, a fan located upstream of the bypass flow passage, a first shaft and a second shaft, a first turbine coupled through the gear assembly to the fan, a first compressor coupled with the first shaft, and a second turbine coupled with the second shaft. The fan includes a hub and a row of fan blades that extend from the hub. The row includes a number (N) of the fan blades that is from 16 to 20, a solidity value (R) at tips of the fan blades, and a ratio of N/R that is from 12.3 to 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher, Byron R. Monzon, Shari L. Bugaj
  • Patent number: 11073283
    Abstract: A turbulence generating structure for liner cooling enhancement is a liner cooling structure applied to a double-structured side portion formed by a liner and a flow sleeve and includes the liner and a first turbulence generator protruding from a surface space of the liner and including a plurality of ribs arranged in an axial direction, each of the ribs comprising blocks arranged at regular distances in the axial direction and interspaced by cooling holes. The ribs include a first set of adjacent ribs separated by a first passage distance, the first passage distance being repeated in a circumferential direction, and a second set of adjacent ribs separated by a second passage distance, the second passage distance being repeated in the circumferential direction, wherein the first and second sets of adjacent ribs have exactly one rib in common, and the first passage distance is greater than the second passage distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Sung Wan Park, Jong Hwa Lee, In Chan Choi, Moon Soo Cho
  • Patent number: 11060606
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: a gearbox including: a housing having an opening; an input pinion disposed in the housing; a moving feature mechanically coupled to the input pinion, the moving feature and the input pinion being operable to convert between power and torque; and first sensors disposed on the moving feature, the first sensors having batteries, where the moving feature is operable to rotate about a common axis, each of the first sensors being exposed by the opening as the moving feature rotates about the common axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Scott David Poster, Brian Edward Tucker
  • Patent number: 11000929
    Abstract: Provided is a machining device for machining a rotor arranged in a turbine housing which includes two parts, thereby forming a joint, in situ while the upper housing half is removed. The machining device includes a main part that releasably secures the main part to the lower housing half in the region of the joint, at least one tool holder for receiving at least one machining tool which is secured on the main part directly or indirectly so as to be alignable relative to the main part, multiple telescopic stabilizing elements which can be locked into different longitudinal settings preferably in a continuous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Rick Giesel
  • Patent number: 10982853
    Abstract: An improved combustion section for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. A fuel nozzle includes new features which provide improved injection patterns of oil fuel and cooling water, resulting in better control of combustion gas temperature and NOx emissions, and eliminated impingement of cooling water on walls of the combustor. A new combustor includes a plate-fin design which provides improved cooling, while the combustor also makes more efficient use of available cooling air and has an improved component life. A new transition component has a smoother shape which reduces stagnation of combustion gas flow and impingement of combustion gas on transition component walls, improved materials and localized thickness increases for better durability, and improved cooling features for more efficient usage of cooling air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Charalambos Polyzopoulos, Richard L. Thackway, Stephen A. Ramier, Vinayak V. Barve, Khalil Farid Abou-Jaoude, Daniel W. Garan, David P. Holzapfel, Kevin J. Spence, Joseph Scott Markovitz, Blake R. Cotten, Urmi B. Dave, Vaidyanathan Krishnan, Michael C. Escandon
  • Patent number: 10961978
    Abstract: A turbine unit for a hydraulic installation, and more in particular it deals with the hub of the turbine unit. The present invention proposes to provide means for adjusting a gap extent formed between the hub and the inner edge of the blade, this way dramatically increasing the performance of the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: GE Renewable Techologies
    Inventors: Hai Trieu Phan, Fabrice Loiseau, Antoine Bombenger
  • Patent number: 10934220
    Abstract: A process of coating a substrate containing silicon with an environmental barrier coating, comprising altering a surface of the substrate and applying an environmental barrier layer to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Erik A. Mikalsen, James T. Beals, Tania Bhatia Kashyap
  • Patent number: 10900371
    Abstract: An example high-performance system may include an example high-performance component. The high-performance component may include a substrate defining a channel. The channel defines a leading ramp and a trailing ramp. The example high-performance component includes an abradable track between the leading and the trailing ramps. The abradable track includes a porous abradable composition. The example high-performance system may include a rotating component configured to contact and abrade the abradable track. An example technique for forming the abradable track includes thermal spraying a precursor composition at the channel to form the abradable track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Rolls-Royce Cornoration
    Inventors: Jun Shi, Li Li, Ted J. Freeman
  • Patent number: 10857596
    Abstract: A method of producing an abrasive tip for a turbine blade includes producing or obtaining a metal powder that is mixed with an abrasive ceramic powder and producing or obtaining a metallic mold that is in the shape of an airfoil. The metallic mold includes a hollow interior portion. The method further includes sealing the metal and ceramic powder mixture within the hollow interior portion of the metallic mold under vacuum and subjecting the sealed mold to a hot isostatic pressing process. The hot isostatic pressing process compacts and binds the metal and ceramic powder mixture together into a solid article in the shape of the airfoil. Still further, the method includes slicing the solid article into a plurality of airfoil-shaped slices and bonding one slice of the plurality of airfoil-shaped slices to a tip portion of a turbine blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Don Mittendorf, Jason Smoke, Brent Ludwig
  • Patent number: 10837284
    Abstract: A rotor (100) for a turbomachine is provided, having at least two bladed, detachably interconnected rotor stages (1, 3, 6), a flange (17) of a first rotor stage (1) being attached to a rotor disk (25) of a second, adjacent rotor stage (3) via at least one fastening element (7). The rotor disk (25) has a through bore (11) for connecting the two rotor stages (1, 3) by the fastening element (7); the through bore (11) having a cross section that is larger in the circumferential direction (u) of the rotor disk (25) than in the radial direction (r) thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventor: Matthias Siebel
  • Patent number: 10801341
    Abstract: A gas engine turbine has a transition duct (100) that has improved cooling features and a method for forming the cooling features. A continuous exit section cooling channel (130) is formed through the transition duct panel (112), the exit frame (114) and the connection (116). The continuous exit section cooling channel (130) reduces the need for effusion channels in the transition duct. The continuous exit section cooling channel (130) further reduces costs and improves the emissions associated with the transition duct (100) of the gas engine turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, Daniel Cassar
  • Patent number: 10759122
    Abstract: A method of shaping the profile of a fan casing having an inside surface, the method including placing the casing around a surface of revolution of a drum of shaping tooling; interposing at least one bladder that is inflatable under the action of a fluid under pressure between a portion of the inside surface of the casing and the drum, the bladder extending over all or part of the surface of revolution of the drum; stoving the assembly including the casing, the tooling, and the at least one bladder at a predetermined temperature; and during the stoving, applying isostatic pressure via the at least one bladder so as to impart a cylindrical profile to the portion of the inside surface of the casing facing the at least one bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Richard Mathon, Dominique Michel Serge Magnaudeix
  • Patent number: 10752557
    Abstract: A means for attaching a metallic component to a non-metallic component using a compliant material having thermal properties intermediate those of the metallic component to a non-metallic component is provided. The method can accommodate CTE mismatches and wear-type problems common to many assemblies of dissimilar materials. In particular, the method provides a sufficient wear surface to accommodate relative motion and provide a durable wear surface that does not excessively wear/gall/mico-weld itself together and provides the necessary damping and motion for proper operation in aeronautical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin T. Fisk, Grant O. Cook, III
  • Patent number: 10697324
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a superalloy part including a first portion including a majority by weight of a first superalloy and a second portion including a majority by weight of a second superalloy, the second portion extending from the first portion, the method including depositing the second portion on the first portion by a direct metal deposition method, deposition of the second portion including depositing a first layer, then depositing a second layer on the first layer, the first layer including the first and second superalloys, the first layer presenting a content by weight of the first superalloy that is strictly greater than that content by weight of the second layer and strictly less than that content by weight of the first portion, the second layer presenting a content by weight of the second superalloy that is strictly greater than that content by weight of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Yohann Pouzet, Hervé Antoine Frédéric Seince, Jean-François Castagne
  • Patent number: 10655635
    Abstract: An airfoil includes a first airfoil piece and a second airfoil piece bonded to the first airfoil piece at a joint. The first airfoil piece and the second airfoil piece are formed of aluminum alloys. At least one of the aluminum alloys is an aluminum alloy composition that has greater than 0.8% by weight of zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas J. Watson, Daniel A. Bales
  • Patent number: 10544694
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a nozzle for a turbomachine. The nozzle includes an inner side wall, an outer side wall radially spaced apart from the inner side wall, and an airfoil extending radially from the inner side wall to the outer side wall. The airfoil defines a cavity that extends radially through the nozzle. The cavity is at least partially defined by a cavity wall. The cavity wall at least partially defines a pocket in fluid communication with the cavity. A cooling passage is defined by one of the inner side wall or the outer side wall. The cooling passage is in fluid communication with the cavity via the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Allison Ozarslan, Randall Douglas Gill
  • Patent number: 10514005
    Abstract: A turbine engine with a casing including opposing surfaces and a manifold opening passing through the surfaces. A surface cooler is provided adjacent one of the surfaces. A cooler manifold passes through the manifold opening. A seal is provided between the surface cooler and the casing. At least one bolt is used to secure the surface cooler to the casing with the seal in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard Albert Luschek, David William Millward, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Daniel Scott McCann, Derek Thomas Dreischarf
  • Patent number: 10513930
    Abstract: A system and methods are provided for pre-stressing blade elements for a gas turbine engine. In one embodiment, a method includes rotating a blade element relative to an axis. The method may also include controlling rotational speed of the blade element to generate residual stress in the blade element. The method may also include rotating multiple blade elements and fan blade units to generate residual stress. Blade elements may be rotated to exceed a maximum operating speed of the blade element to 120% of the maximum operating speed of the blade element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Charles H. Roche
  • Patent number: 10502091
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a sync ring assembly associated with an engine, comprising: a sync ring, and a clevis coupled to the sync ring, where the clevis includes a rib that resists a deflection of the sync ring assembly when the engine is operated, and where the clevis is made of titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James F. McGuire, II, Venkata Reddy Chimalamarri, Seetharama Reddy Katta Jayakumar
  • Patent number: 10494929
    Abstract: An airfoil structure for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil that includes a suction side cooling circuit with at least two segments that are connected by at least one impingement passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas N. Slavens, Brooks E. Snyder, Andrew D. Burdick
  • Patent number: 10458242
    Abstract: A rotor disc for a gas turbine engine includes an annular disc body configured to support a circumferential array of blades and having a plurality of passages defined therethrough. The passages form coils within the disc body and/or have a packing density of at least 0.1 in cross-sectional plane containing the central axis, the packing density being defined by a ratio between an open area of the passages and a solid area of the disc in the cross-sectional plane. A method of manufacturing a rotor disc is also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventor: Farid Abrari
  • Patent number: 10392939
    Abstract: A gas turbine drive shaft arrangement, comprising: a hollow compressor drive shaft, a first hollow turbine drive shaft for driving a first turbine stage and a second hollow turbine drive shaft for driving a second turbine stage, wherein the compressor drive shaft has a spline on an internal surface that is meshed with a spline on an external surface of the first hollow turbine drive shaft, the first turbine drive shaft further comprising a spline on an internal surface thereof that is meshed with a spline on an external surface of the second hollow turbine drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE plc, ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO
    Inventors: Andrew McKay, Miklos Gäbler
  • Patent number: 10378374
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fluid intake. A turbine section includes a turbine case. A firewall is located upstream of the turbine section. A conduit is configured to direct a fluid from the fluid intake to the turbine case. A valve is located on a first side of the firewall opposite from the turbine section and is configured to regulate a flow of the fluid through the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Suciu, Jesse M. Chandler, Nathan Snape
  • Patent number: 10371010
    Abstract: A mid-turbine frame for a gas turbine engine includes an inner frame case that includes a bolt opening and at least one spoke for connecting an outer frame case to the inner frame case that includes an inlet passage that extends in a radial direction. A central bolt extends through the bolt opening for securing at least one spoke to the inner frame case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge I. Farah, Steven D. Porter, Paul K. Sanchez, Joseph J. Sedor
  • Patent number: 10337330
    Abstract: A method of assembling a rotor stack comprising a plurality of component parts, the method comprising: determining swash measurements for interfacing surfaces of the plurality of parts; calculating a runout estimate for a plurality of relative orientations of the parts; applying an optimization algorithm to identify an optimal orientation from the plurality of relative orientations based on the runout estimates; and assembling the parts in the optimal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Bryce D Conduit, Lorenzo Raffaelli
  • Patent number: 10330113
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a gas turbine engine, the method including providing a fan having a plurality of fan blades circumscribed by a fan track liner and attaching a cutter to the fan track liner, the cutter is arranged towards the blades of the fan. The fan blades are rotated so that one or more of the fan blades are trimmed by the cutter. Once one or more of the fan blades have been trimmed by a desired amount, the cutter is removed from the fan track liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Nicholas M Merriman
  • Patent number: 10294961
    Abstract: A cylindrical case main body, and a connecting ring body fitted and fixed to a first end of the case main body and having an annular groove open in the centrifugal direction, are provided. The connecting ring body has a notch open to a side opposite to a second end of the case main body. Into the notch of the connecting ring body, a reinforcement body is fitted, and the reinforcement body has an arc-shaped groove continuing to the annular groove of the connecting ring body in a state where the reinforcement body is fitted into the notch of the connecting ring body. In addition to attaining high rigidity, reduction in weight and reduction in manufacturing cost can also be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Agamu Tanaka, Yuji Mori, Takashi Harada, Ikuo Okumura, Kenji Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 10280939
    Abstract: A cylindrical case body made of a composite material; a linking ring made of aluminum, fitted and fixed to a rear end portion of the case body and having an annular groove which receives a reverse thrust load from a reverse thrust transmission body; and ring constituent bodies made of titanium alloy, each of which is placed in the rear end portion of the case body and has an arcuate groove which undertakes a reverse thrust load larger than that received by the linking ring, are provided in a fan case. The ring constituent bodies are fitted in notches of the linking ring and are brought into contact with outward receiving walls of the linking ring. The ring constituent bodies are positioned relative to the case body in the axis direction and in the radial direction, and the annular groove and the arcuate grooves continue to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Agamu Tanaka, Yuji Mori, Takashi Harada, Ikuo Okumura, Kenji Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 10260750
    Abstract: A combustor of a gas turbine engine including a combustor shell having an interior surface defining a combustion chamber, a first panel mounted to the interior surface at a first position, the first panel having a first surface and a first rail extending from the first surface toward the combustor shell, the first rail configured at a first angle relative to the first surface, and a second panel mounted to the interior surface at a second position axially adjacent to the first panel, the second panel having a second surface and a second rail extending from the second surface toward the combustor shell, the second rail configured at a second angle relative to the second surface. The first and second rails are proximal to each other and define a circumferential gap there between and at least one of the first or second angles is an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John S. Tu, James B. Hoke, Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood, Kevin Joseph Low, Sean D. Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 10180084
    Abstract: The structural case has an annular body having a central axis and including a plurality of boss sections circumferentially interspaced from one another around the axis by a plurality of arcuate panel sections, each panel section having: two parallel arcuate structural flange members being axially interspaced from one another; a sheet metal wall extending between and interconnecting the two flange members; and at least one rib having an edge welded to the sheet-metal wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: David Denis, Andreas Eleftheriou, David Harold Menheere
  • Patent number: 10167813
    Abstract: A nacelle assembly for a high-bypass gas turbine engine includes a fan variable area nozzle movable relative a fan nacelle to vary a fan nozzle exit area to reduce a fan instability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory A. Kohlenberg, Sean P. Zamora, Frederick M. Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10161407
    Abstract: A synchronizing ring assembly for a variable guide vane system is disclosed. The synchronizing ring assembly is disposed about an engine axis and includes a synchronizing ring having a radially outer surface with a clevis bracket mounted to the radially outer surface of the synchronizing ring and defining radially extending openings through the clevis bracket. A plurality of fasteners are configured and adapted to be received within the radially extending openings in the clevis bracket for securing the clevis bracket to the radially outer surface of the synchronizing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher St. Mary, Eugene C. Gasmen, Bernard W. Pudvah
  • Patent number: 10160086
    Abstract: A method of, and apparatus for, urging blades of a gas turbine engine radially outwardly is disclosed. The method may be used to grind blade tips of blades of a rotor stage of a gas turbine engine. The method comprises locating a fluid-tight bag which is in a radial gap formed between a radially inner surface of a respective blade root and a slot in a disc which the blade root cooperates. The method comprises inflating the fluid-tight bag and rotating the rotor stage relative to a grinding surface so as to grind any blade tips that contact the grinding surface during rotation. This results in more accurate positioning of the blades during the grinding process and/or during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Daniel Kempf
  • Patent number: 10113545
    Abstract: A screw pump for transporting a fluid, with a drive spindle having a drive spindle profile and with at least one running spindle having a running spindle profile, the running spindle engages with its running spindle profile at least partially in the drive spindle profile of the drive spindle, the drive spindle profile and/or the running spindle profile is formed as a rolled profile, and a method for producing a spindle for such a screw pump, and a method for producing a groove in such a spindle are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schwaiger, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Arno Poetzsch, Holger Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10113432
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor shaft adapted to rotate about a rotor axis thereof. The rotor shaft includes a rotor cavity configured concentrically or quasi-concentrically to the rotor axis inside the rotor shaft, and a plurality of cooling bores extending radially or quasi-radially outward from the inside to an outside of the rotor shaft. Each cooling bore having a bore inlet location and a distal bore outlet portion, the respective bore inlet location being adapted to abut on the rotor cavity. At least one side or part-side of the cooling bore inlet location is provided with an asymmetric edge fillet in order to maximize the wall thickness between two adjacent cooling bores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Steffen Holzhaeuser, Carlos Simon-Delgado, Carl Berger
  • Patent number: 9925862
    Abstract: A compressor wheel for a turbocharger has an improved geometry that provides improved performance as compared with a comparably sized conventional compressor wheel by having the radially inward portion of the primary blades sweep upwardly into the upper region of the hub portion. The through bore and integral nut of conventional compressor wheels is eliminated and replaced with a blade extension that has an angled upper edge which extends downwardly and radially outwardly from the hub portion, effectively increasing the size of the blade, the amount of air movement and the amount of power generated, without increasing the overall cost, size or mass of the compressor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Bullseye Power LLC
    Inventor: David M. Hall
  • Patent number: 9896996
    Abstract: The present technology provides methods and systems for reducing ice buildup in a closed engine breather system. The systems comprise an air inlet duct, a compressor wheel and a compressor cover. The compressor cover comprises a breather gas port. The breather gas port is placed in the compressor cover at a location within close proximity to the leading edge of the compressor wheel so that the compressor wheel is capable of removing ice that accumulates at the breather gas port. The present technology also provides methods that include providing an air inlet duct, a compressor wheel, and a compressor cover with a breather gas port in the compressor cover. In this manner the compressor wheel can grind or shave off ice that accumulates at the breather gas port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: William John Papke, Paul Gottemoller
  • Patent number: 9891123
    Abstract: An wheel fastening inspection method includes: directly or indirectly applying vibration to a turbine shaft to be inserted to a bearing housing, the turbine shaft being provided with wheels at both ends protruding from the bearing housing, at least one of the wheels being fastened by a fastening member, and a rotary member being fastened by a fastening force generated by the fastening member to the turbine shaft to be integrally rotated with the wheel; measuring the vibration of the turbine shaft; and determining whether or not a vibration frequency at which a peak of the measured vibration of the turbine shaft is given is included in a setting range previously set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Uneura, Shinichi Kaneda, Yuichi Daito
  • Patent number: 9822795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator of an axial compressor stage of a turbomachine featuring a radially outer blade ring forming an outer ring surface, a radially inner blade ring forming an inner ring surface, and several stator blades connected to the blade rings. It is provided that the outer ring surface and/or the inner ring surface has at least in a partial area a changing radius relative to a central axis of the stator both in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Erik Johann, Frank Heinichen
  • Patent number: 9759184
    Abstract: A bulkhead (22) of a wind turbine (10) to be arranged on a rotor blade connection of a rotor blade (14), especially on a rotor hub (9). The bulkhead (22) has a core body (30). A layer (31, 32) of fiberglass-reinforced plastic (31, 32) is arranged on the core body (30) on both sides respectively and a metal layer body (33) is arranged on one side of the layer of fiberglass-reinforced plastic (31). A method for producing a bulkhead (22) of a wind turbine (9), which is arranged on a rotor blade connection of a rotor blade (14) and a use of a bulkhead (22) of a wind turbine (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Senvion SE
    Inventor: Urs Bendel
  • Patent number: 9752440
    Abstract: A component for a turbine engine includes a substrate that includes a first surface, and an insert coupled to the substrate proximate the substrate first surface. The component also includes a channel. The channel is defined by a first channel wall formed in the substrate and a second channel wall formed by at least one coating disposed on the substrate first surface. The component further includes an inlet opening defined in flow communication with the channel. The inlet opening is defined by a first inlet wall formed in the substrate and a second inlet wall defined by the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Carlos Miguel Miranda, Andrew Lee Trimmer, Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Benjamin Paul Lacy
  • Patent number: 9733195
    Abstract: A system for inspecting surfaces of rotor blades for a surface characteristic. The system may include an assembly having a movable arm and, mounted on the movable arm, a scanner. A row of rotor blades may be positioned near the assembly for inspection. The row of rotor blades may include a plurality of the rotor blades circumferentially spaced about a center axis. The row of rotor blades and the assembly may be moved relative to the other so as to index the row of rotor blades relative to the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Andrew Joseph Colletti
  • Patent number: 9709392
    Abstract: An aero engine rotor assembling method and device based on concentricity and verticality measurement belongs to mechanical assembly technology. The present invention effectively solves the problem of poor coaxality after the aero engine rotor is assembled and has the characteristics of high coaxality after the rotor is assembled, reduced vibration, mounting easiness, high flexibility and improved engine performance. The measurement and device is: determining rotary reference; determining the angular positioning of a rotary table; extracting the radial error of the radial mounting plane and the inclination error of the axial mounting plane of the rotor based on the four-probe measuring device to obtain the influencing weight of this rotor to the assembled rotor on coaxality; measuring respectively all the rotors to obtain the influencing weight of each rotor to the assembled rotor on coaxality; vector optimizing the weight of each rotor to obtain the assembling angle of each rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Bo Zhao, Jiubin Tan, Chuanzhi Sun
  • Patent number: 9555612
    Abstract: A treated component and methods for forming a treated component are disclosed. The methods include providing an untreated component having an untreated creep strength. The untreated component is formed by a three-dimensional printing process, and is treated to yield the treated component having a treated creep strength. The treated component comprises an arrangement formed by the three-dimensional printing process, wherein the arrangement has been subjected to treating to increase creep strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Jon Conrad Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 9506355
    Abstract: A method for fabricating turbine engine blade or vane made of composite material includes: performing three-dimensional weaving to make a single-piece fiber blank; shaping the fiber blank to obtain a single-piece fiber preform having a first portion forming a preform for at least a blade/vane airfoil, at least one second portion forming a preform for an inner part of a blade/vane inner platform or for an outer part of a blade/vane outer platform, and at least one third portion forming a preform for an outer part of a blade/vane inner platform or for an inner part of a blade/vane outer platform; and densifying the fiber preform with a matrix to obtain a composite material blade, and forming a single piece with an inner and/or outer platform(s) incorporated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: Snecma, Herakles
    Inventors: Romain Nunez, Stephane Blanchard, Guillaume Renon, Dominique Coupe, Clement Roussille, Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard, Elric Georges Andre Fremont