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Jointed rotor blade having a chord-wise extending pin supported via one or more structural members
28 Mar 23
A rotor blade for a wind turbine includes first and second blade segments extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint.
Andrew Mitchell Rodwell, Thomas Merzhaeuser
Filed: 13 Dec 18
Utility
Systems and methods for flexible writing of internal data of regulated system
28 Mar 23
A system and method for flexible writing of internal data of a regulated system can include generating a flexible write instruction, providing the flexible write instruction to the regulated system, and storing or committing data changes to the regulated system outside of the normal system operations, during runtime.
Joachim Karl Ulf Hochwarth, Antonio Lugo Trejo, VĂctor Mario Leal Herrera, Terrell Michael Brace, Christian Reynolds Decker
Filed: 18 Sep 19
Utility
Communication apparatus, and medical apparatus
28 Mar 23
Yoshio Takaichi
Filed: 20 Apr 20
Utility
Method and system for bleed flow power generation
28 Mar 23
A method and system for bleed flow power generation is provided.
Jeffrey Douglas Rambo
Filed: 26 Jan 21
Utility
Devices and methods for determining deflection of rotor blades of a wind turbine
28 Mar 23
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for measuring deflection of blades of a wind turbine.
Andreas Herrig, Marc Canal Vila
Filed: 26 Oct 21
Utility
Impingement panel support structure and method of manufacture
28 Mar 23
An integrated combustor nozzle includes a combustion liner that extends between an inner liner segment and an outer liner segment along a radial direction.
Jonathan Dwight Berry, Jerome Walter Goike, Clay Thomas Griffis
Filed: 31 Aug 20
Utility
Pre-fabricated component for an additively manufactured wind turbine tower structure
28 Mar 23
A method of manufacturing a tower structure includes providing an additive printing device having at least one printer head atop a support surface.
Norman Arnold Turnquist, Xiaopeng Li, Christopher James Kenny, Gregory Edward Cooper, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer
Filed: 18 Nov 20
Utility
Wireless charging device, a receiver device, and a method of operating the same
28 Mar 23
A wireless charging device includes a driver unit configured to generate one of a first AC voltage signal having a first frequency and a second AC voltage signal having a second frequency.
Viswanathan Kanakasabai, Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Arun Kumar Raghunathan, Rahul Bhujade, Satishbabu Bhogineni, Somakumar Ramachandrapanicker
Filed: 19 Apr 18
Utility
Systems and methods for dynamic scanning with multi-head camera
21 Mar 23
A nuclear medicine (NM) multi-head imaging system is provided that includes a gantry, plural detector units mounted to the gantry, and at least one processor operably coupled to at least one of the detector units.
Jean-Paul Bouhnik, Yaron Hefetz
Filed: 16 Feb 21
Utility
Power distribution panel
21 Mar 23
A power distribution panel with a backplane, an insulating panel covering the backplane, and at least one electronic component mounted to the insulating panel.
Michael James Smith, Alexander James Rainbow
Filed: 17 Aug 20
Utility
Multistage infrared suppression exhaust system
21 Mar 23
One embodiment includes a multistage infrared suppression exhaust system for an aircraft, including: a stage one including a first exhaust conduit to receive a first exhaust air flow at a first temperature-pressure product T1P1, a second exhaust conduit to receive a second exhaust air flow at a second temperature-pressure product T2P2, and a flow integrator mechanically configured to mix the first exhaust air flow with the second exhaust air flow in an integration chamber while preventing back flow into the second exhaust conduit; and a stage two including a stage two cooling airflow to cool the mixed first and second exhaust air flows.
Robert Michael Laramee, Michael E. Rinehart, William Steyer
Filed: 11 Aug 20
Utility
Hinge for enclosure for electrical network protection element
21 Mar 23
The disclosure generally relates to an exemplary hinge of an enclosure that can house an electrical network protection element and provide protection to the electrical network protection element against damage in various environments such as when the enclosure is placed in an underground vault that may be flooded during rain, or when a liquid (e.g., oil) comes into contact with the enclosure.
Thomas Ambrose Dauzat, Cecilia Espinoza Diaz, Luis Sanchez Cabral
Filed: 6 Mar 20
Utility
Systems and methods for cardiac triggering of an imaging system
21 Mar 23
Methods and systems are provided for cardiac triggering of an imaging system. a method for an imaging system comprises acquiring, during a scan of a subject, an electrical signal indicating a periodic physiological motion of an organ of the subject, inputting a sample of the electrical signal into a trained neural network to detect whether a peak is present in the sample, triggering acquisition of image data responsive to detecting the peak in the sample, and not triggering the acquisition of image data responsive to not detecting the peak in the sample.
Liewei Sha, Dawei Gui, Yawei Liu, Yan Ma, Haonan Wang
Filed: 20 Jul 18
Utility
Unit cell structures including stiffening patterns
21 Mar 23
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a structure of an engine component, including a first plurality of unit cells offset from a neutral plane in a first direction, a second plurality of unit cells offset from the neutral plane in a second direction, a plurality of nodes joining ones of the first plurality of unit cells and ones of the second plurality of unit cells, wherein the first plurality of unit cells and the second plurality of unit cells are arranged in pairs such that ones of the first plurality of unit cells are laterally adjacent to and interconnected with ones of the second plurality of unit cells, and wherein the structure is a stiffened structure.
Apostolos Karafillis, Jonathan H. Kerner, Eric Dean Jorgensen, Leonardo Ajdelsztajn
Filed: 14 Dec 21
Utility
Constant density heat exchanger and system for energy conversion
21 Mar 23
A constant density heat exchanger is provided.
Michael Robert Notarnicola, Joshua Tyler Mook, Kevin Michael VandeVoorde, Aigbedion Akwara, Mohammed El Hacin Sennoun, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Scott Douglas Waun, Michael Thomas Gansler
Filed: 20 Aug 21
Utility
System and method for mitigating loads acting on a rotor blade of a wind turbine
21 Mar 23
A method for mitigating loads acting on a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes receiving a plurality of loading signals and determining at least one load acting on the rotor blade based on the loading signals.
Prashanth Kumar Reddy Vaddi, Shuang Gu
Filed: 7 Apr 21
Utility
Low-noise blade for an open rotor
21 Mar 23
A blade for an open rotor includes a pressure side and a suction side, the pressure side and the suction side intersecting at a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein for at least 30% of a span of the blade, the meanline of the airfoil section is shaped such that a relative curvature parameter is greater than 1.75 in a first region, less than 0.75 in a second region, and greater than 1.2 in a third region, wherein the relative curvature parameter of a region is defined by Δζn/Δζtot/Δ(x/c)n wherein ζ corresponds to the inverse tangent of the slope of a meanline curve, subscript n indicates the region, and x/c is a chordwise location normalized by the chord, and wherein the first region comprises at least x/c=0.0 to 0.10 and the third region comprises at least x/c=0.85 to 1.0.
Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid
Filed: 4 Feb 22
Utility
Wind turbine blade lightning protection system
21 Mar 23
Disclosed is a wind turbine blade comprising a shell body, a down conductor arranged in the shell body for conducting lightning current to ground, an electrical connector arranged in electrical connection with the down conductor, a lightning receptor element arranged at a surface of the shell body or outside the shell body, the lightning receptor element being in electrical connection with the electrical connector.
Lars Bo Hansen, Mathilde Aubrion, Christian Elkjaer-Holm, Madhusudhan Nanjedevanapura Veerappa
Filed: 19 Nov 19
Utility
Airfoils for gas turbine engines
21 Mar 23
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine defining a radial direction and an axial direction, the airfoil including: a flared portion extending from a suction surface of the airfoil at an outer edge of the airfoil along the radial direction; and a plenum disposed at the outer edge of the airfoil, the plenum having a suction-side sidewall and a pressure-side sidewall, wherein the suction-side sidewall has a first sidewall portion adjacent to a second sidewall portion disposed outside of the first sidewall portion along the radial direction, wherein the first sidewall portion defines a first angle, wherein the second sidewall portion defines a second angle, and wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle.
Michael Elia Hayek, Victor Hugo Silva Correia
Filed: 13 Jan 21
Utility
Sealing apparatus for an axial flow turbomachine
21 Mar 23
A sealing apparatus for an axial flow turbomachine is disclosed.
Jonathon Farmer, Ricardo Caraballo
Filed: 22 Feb 21