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Utility
Combustion liner
7 Nov 23
A liner for a combustor in a gas turbine engine and a related method.
Pradeep Naik, Shai Birmaher, Saket Singh, Krishnendu Chakraborty
Filed: 12 May 22
Utility
System and method for reception and inconsistency management of coordinates
31 Oct 23
Systems and methods for navigating an aerial vehicle are provided.
Bryan Adam Theriault, Dashiell Matthews Kolbe
Filed: 17 Apr 19
Utility
Ultracapacitor module with integrated bypass diode and related systems
31 Oct 23
The present disclosure is directed to an ultracapacitor module comprising a housing and terminals, the terminals exposed through the housing, the housing containing one or more internal capacitor cells and one or more integrated, internal bypass diodes arranged together such that the ultracapacitor module additionally comprises an integrated, internal bypass circuit connected in parallel with the terminals.
Michael Lawton Rodin, Kyle Conrad Siy, Jeffrey Alan Melius, Michael Graham McClure
Filed: 11 Mar 22
Utility
Cooling of a fuel cell assembly
31 Oct 23
A method for operating a propulsion system for an aircraft, the propulsion system including a gas turbine engine and a fuel cell assembly, the fuel cell assembly including a fuel cell stack having a solid oxide fuel cell defining an outlet positioned to remove output products from the solid oxide fuel cell during operation, the method including: operating the fuel cell assembly to provide output products to a combustor of a combustion section of the gas turbine engine; and operating the fuel cell assembly, the gas turbine engine, or both such that a pressure within an anode of the solid oxide fuel cell is less than a pressure within a cathode of the solid oxide fuel cell, is less than a pressure within a combustion chamber of the gas turbine engine, or both while operating the gas turbine engine.
Honggang Wang, Michael Anthony Benjamin, Seung-Hyuck Hong, Richard L. Hart
Filed: 21 Jan 22
Utility
Stator cooling channels with internal features
31 Oct 23
An electric machine can include a stator core having a plurality of core teeth that define a plurality of core slots in a surface thereof.
Karthik K. Bodla, Naveenan Thiagarajan, Mohamed Osama, John Russell Yagielski, David Allan Torrey, Vandana Prabhakar Rallabandi
Filed: 31 Aug 20
Utility
Customizable power converter and customizable power conversion system
31 Oct 23
A customizable power conversion system (1000) is configured to operate with multiple alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) power sources (1001,1003) and supplies multiple AC and DC loads (1018,1020,1022,1024).
Zheyu Zhang, Ramanujam Ramabhadran, Douglas Carl Hofer, Ahmed Elasser
Filed: 15 Mar 19
Utility
Wash system for a gas turbine engine
31 Oct 23
A water wash system (200) for a gas turbine engine (100) having a fan (126) and a front hub (136), the front hub (136) can be rotated with the fan (126).
Peng Wang, Renwei Yuan
Filed: 30 Sep 16
Utility
Utilizing optical data to control operation of a snake-arm robot
31 Oct 23
The present disclosure is related to methods and systems for controlling a snake-arm robot.
Huan Tan, Xiao Bian, Todd Danko
Filed: 25 May 21
Utility
Apparatuses for continuously refreshing a recoater blade for additive manufacturing including a blade feed unit and arm portion
31 Oct 23
The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing systems and methods involving a mechanism for feeding in a desired amount of fresh recoater blade.
Todd Jay Rockstroh, Zachary David Fieldman, Theodore Anderson
Filed: 11 Oct 21
Utility
CMC component and fabrication using mechanical joints
31 Oct 23
A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component including a first subcomponent and a second subcomponent.
Daniel Gene Dunn, Douglas Decesare
Filed: 13 Nov 17
Utility
Torsional damping for gas turbine engines
31 Oct 23
The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine assembly having a compressor configured to increase pressure of incoming air, a combustion chamber, at least one turbine coupled to a generator, a torsional damper, and a controller.
Paul Robert Gemin, Thomas Lee Becker, Tod Robert Steen
Filed: 20 May 22
Utility
Outlet guide vane
31 Oct 23
An unducted single fan engine includes a housing having one or more fan blades coupled to the housing and configured to rotate circumferentially.
Vinod Chaudhari, Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Kishanjit Pal, Sushilkumar Shevakari, Ian F. Prentice, Thomas Moniz, Trevor H. Wood, Kishore Ramakrishnan
Filed: 7 Jan 22
Utility
Gearbox efficiency rating for turbomachine engines
31 Oct 23
A turbomachine engine can include a fan assembly, a vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and a gearbox efficiency rating.
Pietro Molesini, Andrea Piazza, Fabio De Bellis
Filed: 10 Feb 23
Utility
Method for installing and retaining a bushing in a bearing block of a rotor blade joint
31 Oct 23
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: 1 Nov 18
Utility
Jointed rotor blade having internal support structure with varying fiber orientation for pin reinforcement
31 Oct 23
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.
Thomas Merzhaeuser, Andrew Mitchell Rodwell, Scott Jacob Huth
Filed: 19 Dec 18
Utility
Method and system for detection and mitigation of edge-wise vibrations in wind turbine blades
31 Oct 23
A method for detecting and reducing edgewise vibrations in a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes, for a given wind speed, determining a frequency or frequency band at which edgewise vibrations are producible in the rotor blade.
Aaron Yarbrough, Mathew Doyle Angel, Carlos Alberto Concha Flores, Aaron David Honnette
Filed: 26 Sep 22
Utility
System for a tower segment of a tower, a respective tower segment, and a wind turbine having a tower segment
31 Oct 23
A system for a tower segment of a tower is presented, wherein the tower segment is configured for forming at least partially a part of a tower for carrying a structure, in particular for supporting a nacelle of a horizontal-axis wind turbine or a machine house of a vertical-axis wind turbine.
Stefan Bernhard Voss
Filed: 3 Dec 21
Utility
Tube coupling
31 Oct 23
A tube coupling for coupling a first tube and a second tube.
Naleen Kumar Verma, Omkar Topkar, Dharmaraj Pachaiappan, Daniel Drew Smith
Filed: 17 Sep 21
Utility
Combustor swirl vane apparatus
31 Oct 23
A swirler apparatus for a combustor, including: primary and secondary swirlers disposed axially adjacent to each other along a swirler centerline; the primary swirler including a plurality of primary swirl vanes arrayed around the swirler centerline, each primary swirl vane including opposed sides bounded between opposed forward and aft edges and opposed leading and trailing edges; wherein the forward edge is oriented at a first vane angle with respect to a radial direction; wherein the aft edge is oriented at a second vane angle with respect to the radial direction; wherein the second vane angle is different from the first vane angle; and the secondary swirler including a plurality of secondary swirl vanes arrayed around the swirler centerline.
Allen M. Danis, Nicholas R. Overman, Steven Clayton Vise, Michael Anthony Benjamin, James Matthew Rogers
Filed: 16 Apr 21
Utility
Multi-branch furcating flow heat exchanger
31 Oct 23
A heat exchanger is provided.
Daniel Jason Erno, William Dwight Gerstler
Filed: 6 Apr 21