11227 patents
Utility
Improvements In or Relating to Protection Circuits
18 Jan 24
A protection circuit, for protecting a whole or part of a HVDC power transmission network, includes a number of sets of sensors, each of which set defines a respective protection zone.
Ismael Adolfo OCHOA
Filed: 12 Nov 21
Utility
Print Head Assembly and Methods for Using the Same
18 Jan 24
Additive manufacturing assemblies, printing assemblies, and methods for utilizing same are provided.
John Sterle, Vadim Bromberg
Filed: 25 Oct 21
Utility
Additive Manufacturing Methods and Systems
18 Jan 24
Additive manufacturing methods and systems are disclosed including irradiation devices for an additive manufacturing machine for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects.
Christopher Darby Immer, Robert John Filkins, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Younkoo Jeong, Thomas Charles Adcock, Christopher J. Klapper
Filed: 17 Jul 23
Utility
Additive Manufacturing Methods and Systems
18 Jan 24
Methods of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object include irradiating a first build plane region using a first energy beam defining a beam diameter, the first energy beam travelling along a first oscillating path in a first direction to consolidate a first wall defining a thickness perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a build material adjacent a first side of the first wall and the build material adjacent a second side of the first wall, opposite the first side of the first wall, remains unconsolidated; and wherein the thickness of the first wall is greater than the beam diameter.
Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Christopher Darby Immer, Thomas Charles Adcock, Justin John Gambone, Daniel Jason Erno, Brian Scott McCarthy, John Joseph Madelone, JR.
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Additive Manufacturing Methods and Systems
18 Jan 24
Methods of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object include irradiating a first build plane region using a first energy beam, irradiating a second build plane region using a second energy beam, and irradiating an interlace region between the first build plane region and the second build plane region.
Christopher Darby Immer, Robert John Filkins, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Michael Robert Tucker
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Method of Depositing a Metal Layer on a Component
18 Jan 24
A method for depositing a metal layer on a component includes applying an electrically conductive coating composition comprising a resin and metal particles on a coating region of the component and partially curing the resin to a gel state to form an electrically conductive coating.
Sriram Krishnamurthy, Lakshmi Krishnan, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Justin M. Welch
Filed: 8 Sep 23
Utility
Active Clearance Control of Fan Blade Tip Closure Using a Variable Sleeve System
18 Jan 24
Variable sleeve clearance control systems for gas turbine engines are disclosed.
Anusrita RAYCHAUDHURI, Ravindra Shankar GANIGER, Bhanu BATTU, Richa AWASTHI, Nilesh VAROTE, Vidyashankar BURAVALLA
Filed: 31 Aug 22
Utility
Unducted Propulsion System
18 Jan 24
Apparatuses and systems are provided herein for unducted propulsion systems.
Syed Arif Khalid, Daniel L. Tweedt, David B. Riddle
Filed: 6 Feb 23
Utility
Combined Cycle Power Plants with Exhaust Gas Recirculation Intercooling
18 Jan 24
A combined cycle power plant includes a gas turbine engine that includes a compressor having a compressor inlet, a compressor outlet, and an interstage inlet defined therebetween.
Raub Warfield Smith
Filed: 12 Jul 22
Utility
Air Turbine Starter with Lubrication Recirculation Circuit
18 Jan 24
An air turbine starter (ATS) for a gas turbine engine having an accessory gear box (AGB) with a lubricant reservoir, the air turbine starter comprising a housing at least partially defining a working air flow path; a turbine section comprising a turbine having an output shaft and a plurality of blades circumferential spaced about the output shaft and at least partially extending into the working air flow path; a drive section having a drive shaft operably coupled to the output shaft to engage the AGB; and a lubrication recirculation circuit fluidly coupled to the lubricant reservoir.
Narendra Dev Mahadevaiah, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Subrata Nayak, Milind Chandrakant Dhabade, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, David Allan Dranschak
Filed: 16 Sep 22
Utility
Gearbox Assembly
18 Jan 24
A gearbox assembly for a turbine engine including a drive shaft and a fan shaft.
Kedar S. Vaidya, Ahmet Dindar, Bugra H. Ertas
Filed: 13 Jul 22
Utility
System and Method for Installation of an Open-sleeve Add-on Device on a Wind Turbine Blade
18 Jan 24
A method for installing an add-on device onto a blade of a wind turbine includes configuring a plurality of tag lines to a wrap, the tag lines having a length to extend to a ground location when the add-on device is positioned on the blade.
Darren John Danielsen
Filed: 18 Jul 22
Utility
Method for Installing and Retaining a Bushing In a Bearing Block of a Rotor Blade Joint
18 Jan 24
A rotor blade for a wind turbine includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint.
Rohit Agarwal, Andrew Mitchell Rodwell, Amir Riahi, Mohammad Salah Attia, Donald Joseph Kasperski, Jianqiang Chen
Filed: 27 Sep 23
Utility
Wind Turbine Blade Having Buckling-resistant Spar Caps
18 Jan 24
A wind turbine blade comprising a shell, a carbon fibre-reinforced suction-side spar cap, a carbon fibre-reinforced pressure-side spar cap, at least a first shear web connected to the spar caps, one or more suction-side buckling reinforcement elements each being formed of a material different from the suction-side spar cap and being positioned on the interior surface of the suction-side spar cap and at a distance from the suction-side end of the first shear web, and one or more pressure-side buckling reinforcement elements each being formed of a material different from the pressure-side spar cap and being positioned on the interior surface of the pressure-side spar cap and at a distance from the pressure-side end of the first shear web.
Klavs JESPERSEN, Lars NIELSEN
Filed: 6 Dec 21
Utility
Cabins and Methods for Wind Turbine Maintenance
18 Jan 24
The present disclosure relates to cabins (100) and methods (200, 300) for performing maintenance on wind turbines (10).
Jaco NIES
Filed: 13 Jul 23
Utility
Fastening Assembly
18 Jan 24
A fastening assembly for a plurality of tubular structures.
Apolinario Barra Ruiz, Hugo González Arenas
Filed: 12 Jul 22
Utility
Fastener cover for flanged joint
16 Jan 24
A fastener cover for a flanged joint including first and second annular flanges extending about an axis, comprising: an annular, axially-extending, inboard wall; an annular, axially-extending outboard wall positioned radially outboard of the inboard wall; and a first radial wall interconnecting the inboard and outboard walls, wherein, collectively, the inboard and outboard walls and the first radial wall define a cavity for receiving a portion of a fastener; at least one fastener pocket including sidewalls extending axially away from the first radial wall and defining a tubular shape, which is closed off opposite the first radial wall by a floor plate having a clearance hole passing therethrough for accepting a shank of the fastener; and wherein the cover includes a balance weight receptacle for accepting at least one balance weight.
Roberto Maddaleno, Andrea Depalma, Antonio Giuseppe D'Ettole, Matteo Renato Usseglio, Christian Campanale
Filed: 15 Mar 22
Utility
System and method for hoisting gas engine assemblies
16 Jan 24
A hoist for lifting at least a portion of a gas engine assembly includes a support member including an upper portion, a lower portion, and a connecting portion extending therebetween.
Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, David Garza Maldonado, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Maria Isabel Romero Contreras, Claudia Priscila Sandoval Camacho
Filed: 15 Apr 21
Utility
Component for a turbine engine with a cooling hole
16 Jan 24
An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine.
Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
Filed: 12 Oct 20
Utility
Exhaust collector conversion system and method
16 Jan 24
A system includes an exhaust collector tunnel (32) configured to mount inside an exhaust collector (30) of a gas turbine (12).
Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Ashish Agrawal, Michael Anthony Acosta, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Frank Ociel Meza Koslowski
Filed: 25 Jan 23