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Swirler ferrule plate having pressure drop purge passages
28 Feb 23
A swirler assembly of a combustor of a gas turbine, the swirler assembly including a primary swirler having a primary swirler flow opening, and a swirler ferrule plate connected to an upstream side of the primary swirler.
Rimple Rangrej, Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, Saket Singh
Filed: 3 Mar 22
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System and method for full-scale sampling to conduct material tests on a steam turbine rotor
28 Feb 23
A method for generating material test samples for conducting material tests of a legacy steam turbine rotor having an inter-blade region rotor surface, and an inlet region rotor surface adjoining the inter-blade region rotor surface.
Frank Biesinger, Andreas Hartmann
Filed: 24 Sep 20
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Overlay and manipulation of medical images in a virtual environment
28 Feb 23
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to enable medical image visualization and interaction in a virtual environment.
Nicolas Coustaud, Adeline Digard, Yannick LeBerre, Ludovic Avot, Jerome Knoplioch
Filed: 28 Jun 21
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System and method for operating multi-level power converter using a multi-state deadtime
28 Feb 23
A method for operating a multi-level bridge power converter of an electrical power system connected to a power grid includes providing a plurality of switching devices of the power converter in one of a neutral point clamped topology or an active neutral point clamped topology, the plurality of switching devices including a first group and a second group of switching devices.
Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Nathaniel Robert Michener, Robert Gregory Wagoner
Filed: 21 Oct 21
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Tooling assembly and method for aligning components for a powder bed additive manufacturing repair process
21 Feb 23
A tooling assembly and method of aligning a plurality of components for a repair process in an additive manufacturing machine includes positioning the plurality of components such that a repair surface of each of the plurality of components contacts an alignment plate, e.g., under the force of gravity or using biasing members.
Jinjie Shi, Richard Roy Worthing, Jr., Joseph Edward Hampshire
Filed: 7 Mar 22
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Additive manufacturing systems and methods including louvered particulate containment wall
21 Feb 23
Methods and systems for fabricating a component by consolidating a first portion of a particulate include a louvered particulate containment wall positioned around the component and a second portion of the particulate.
John Joseph Madelone, Jr., Adam G. Susong, Timothy Joseph Wilhelm, Andrew J. Martin, Donald Dana Lowe
Filed: 9 Aug 21
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Apparatuses and related systems and methods for transporting carrying plates for an additive manufacturing machine or system
21 Feb 23
A system for transporting a carrying plate may include a lifting assembly comprising a carriage, and a carrying assembly.
Andreas Lutz, Andreas Ullrich, Glen Charles Fedyk
Filed: 27 Mar 20
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Method and system of additive manufacturing contour-based hatching
21 Feb 23
A system and method including receiving a data model representation of a part, the data model representation including at least one layer of the part and inner and outer contours for the at least one layer; determining a hatch pattern for each layer of the at least one layer of the part, the hatch pattern for each layer being dependent on the inner and outer contours for each respective layer; generating a record of the determined hatch pattern for each layer, the record including locations for the hatch pattern for each layer; and saving the record of the determined hatch pattern for each layer of the part.
David S. Toledano, Jason Harris Karp, William T. Carter
Filed: 26 Sep 19
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Gas turbine engines and methods associated therewith
21 Feb 23
A method of forming a gas turbine engine component, the method including forming a plurality of cooling apertures in a preform structure of the component, the plurality of cooling apertures of the preform structure comprising a first cooling aperture and a second cooling aperture, wherein cross-sectional shapes of the first and second cooling apertures of the preform structure are different from one another, as measured in a same relative plane; and applying a coating to at least a portion of the preform structure to form the component, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the first and second cooling apertures of the component are approximately the same as one another, as measured in the same relative plane.
Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Ryan Christopher Jones
Filed: 7 Aug 20
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Method and system for cooling a wind turbine gearbox oil heat-exchanger
21 Feb 23
A method and system are provided for cooling a heat-exchanger in a wind turbine that has an electric generator with a cooling air flow directed therethrough.
Ulrich Werner Neumann, Mark Steven Pape
Filed: 28 Oct 20
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Systems and methods for maintaining pipes
21 Feb 23
A system for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided.
Alexander Kyle Duncan, Todd William Danko, Justin Foehner, Yakov Polishchuk, Douglas R. Forman
Filed: 24 Jan 20
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Fiber optic sensing system for grid-based assets
21 Feb 23
A sensor system includes a sensor network comprising at least one optical fiber having one or more optical sensors.
Peter Kiesel, Ajay Raghavan, Todd Karin, Qiushu Chen, Malcolm G. Smith, Jr., Robert T. Stinson, IV
Filed: 27 Jan 20
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Systems and methods for manifolds learning of airline network data
21 Feb 23
Methods and systems for using manifolds learning of airline network traffic to detect airline network traffic disruptions.
James G. Lopez, Matthew C. Nielsen
Filed: 26 Jul 19
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Automated detection and localization of bleeding
21 Feb 23
In accordance with the present disclosure, deep-learning techniques are employed to find anomalies corresponding to bleed events.
Jhimli Mitra, Luca Marinelli, Asha Singanamalli
Filed: 18 Mar 19
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Powder-bed additive manufacturing devices and methods
21 Feb 23
The disclosure relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a metallic component, and corresponding methods.
William Thomas Carter, Mark Kevin Meyer, Andrew David Deal, Mark Allen Cheverton, Smara Jyoti Kalita, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti
Filed: 23 May 19
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Systems and methods for additive manufacturing
21 Feb 23
An additive manufacturing system is provided.
Michael Robert Tucker, Younkoo Jeong, William Thomas Carter
Filed: 3 Jan 18
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Vibration isolation device for an additive manufacturing machine
21 Feb 23
An additive manufacturing machine (900) includes a build unit (904) that is supported by an overhead gantry (918).
Justin Mamrak, MacKenzie Ryan Redding
Filed: 2 Nov 18
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Systems, program products, and methods for detecting thermal stability within gas turbine systems
21 Feb 23
Systems, program products, and methods for detecting thermal stability within gas turbine systems are disclosed.
Veerappan Muthaiah, Timothy Andrew Healy, Randy Scott Rosson, Harold Lamar Jordan, Jr., Kowshik Narayanaswamy
Filed: 4 Mar 20
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Turbine rear frame link assemblies for turbofan engines
21 Feb 23
A turbofan engine includes an outer bypass duct and a gas turbine engine having an outer casing.
William C. Anderson, Thomas E. Agin, Michael William Murrish, Timothy McCann, Caitlin Ford
Filed: 28 Dec 20
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Method and system for attaching vortex suppression devices to a wind turbine tower
21 Feb 23
A wind turbine includes a tower and a vortex-induced vibration (VIV) mitigation system configured on the tower.
Noah David Liebman, Benjamin Patrick Hallissy
Filed: 28 Oct 20