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Bowed-rotor mitigation system for a gas turbine
21 Nov 23
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor rotor shaft assembly, an accessory gearbox, and a bowed-rotor mitigation drive device drivingly coupled with the accessory gearbox.
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Kudum Shinde, Surender Reddy Bhavanam, Weize Kang
Filed: 29 Jul 22
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Leak detection system and method
21 Nov 23
A leak detection system is provided with a first window configured to mount at a first opening in a first wall portion in an enclosure (e.g., for a gas turbine engine or other equipment in a power plant).
Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Miguel Angel Mendoza, Srinivas Avishetti, Rajesh Reddy Konatham
Filed: 17 Mar 21
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Erythrocyte aggregation and leukocyte isolation
21 Nov 23
A device and/or methodology are described that include a mechanism for separating erythrocytes from other constituents of blood and for purifying leukocytes from blood.
Jessica Godin Karp, Xiaohui Chen, Kashan Ali Shaikh, Mengli Wang, Ralf Lenigk, Christine Lynne Surrette
Filed: 7 Dec 20
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Passive inductive proximity sensor array signal processing circuit
21 Nov 23
A proximity sensor comprises a reference inductor, a first set of sensor inductors, a first set of comparators, each comparator of the first set of comparators corresponding to one of the sensor inductors of the first set of sensor inductors, and an alternating current voltage source to output a sinusoidal voltage to the reference inductor and each of the sensor inductors.
Eric J. Hoekstra
Filed: 22 Jul 21
Utility
Turbine engine with a rotor seal assembly
21 Nov 23
A turbine engine comprising an engine core having at least a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section in axial flow arrangement defining an axial direction and an engine centerline.
Steven Douglas Johnson, Kevin Randall McManus, Rahul Anil Bidkar
Filed: 4 Jun 21
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Turbine containment system
21 Nov 23
A turbine containment system is provided.
Veeraraju Vanapalli, Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis, Kenneth E. Seitzer
Filed: 27 Apr 21
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Methods of control for management of hot fuel
21 Nov 23
A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters.
Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
Filed: 17 Jun 21
Utility
Frangible airfoil with shape memory alloy
21 Nov 23
An airfoil including a plurality of composite plies extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge and between a tip and a root.
Abhijeet Jayshingrao Yadav, Nitesh Jain, Nicholas Joseph Kray
Filed: 30 Sep 21
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Turbine blades including aero-brake features and methods for using the same
21 Nov 23
A turbine blade including an airfoil portion extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, a base portion positioned below the airfoil portion, the base portion including an outwardly-extending wing positioned below the airfoil portion, and an aero-brake feature positioned between the outwardly-extending wing and the airfoil portion and extending outward from the base portion, where the aero-brake feature is structurally configured to disrupt axial airflow across the turbine blade.
Massimiliano Airaudo, Paolo Calza, Francesco Bertini, Matteo Renato Usseglio, Cristian Lizzer, Ernesto Sozio, Matteo Furfaro, Marco Thiene
Filed: 29 Jul 21
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Turbine blade tip shroud with axially offset cutter teeth, and related surface profiles and method
21 Nov 23
A turbine blade tip shroud has a first cutter tooth extending from a tip rail from one of the upstream side and the downstream side of the tip rail and adjacent the leading edge of the body.
Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Richard Ryan Pilson, William Scott Zemitis
Filed: 10 Mar 22
Utility
Inducer seal with integrated inducer slots
21 Nov 23
The present application provides an inducer seal configured to provide a flow of air to a rotor shaft within a turbine of a gas turbine engine.
Christopher P. Cox, Lucas Wedmore
Filed: 31 Jan 22
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Methods for casting a component having a readily removable casting core
14 Nov 23
A method is provided for casting a component.
Douglas Gerard Konitzer, Brian David Przeslawski, Xi Yang, Meredith Elissa Dubelman
Filed: 14 Sep 20
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Method for making an integrated core-shell structure
14 Nov 23
Partial integrated core-shell investment casting molds that can be assembled into complete molds are provided herein.
James Herbert Deines, Brian David Przeslawski, Michael John McCarren, Gregory Terrence Garay, Douglas Gerard Konitzer, Mark Willard Marusko, Xi Yang, Brian Patrick Peterson
Filed: 27 May 22
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Layered fuselage shield
14 Nov 23
An aircraft defining a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction is provided.
David William Crall, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Douglas Duane Ward, Brandon Wayne Miller
Filed: 15 Oct 20
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Pitch angles of an aircraft engine rotor assembly
14 Nov 23
A method of operating an aircraft engine coupled to a wing of an aircraft including: setting a pitch of a plurality of rotor blades of a rotor assembly of the aircraft engine at non-uniform pitch angles along a circumferential direction of the aircraft engine such that the plurality of rotor blades define a first pitch at a first position and a second pitch at a second position, wherein the second position is 180 degrees offset from the first position, and wherein the first pitch is different from the second pitch.
Brendan Michael Freely, Kurt David Murrow, Michael James McMahon
Filed: 22 Jul 21
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Hybrid electric propulsor equipped with a hydraulic coupling
14 Nov 23
A hybrid electric propulsor equipped with a hydraulic coupling is provided.
Aldo Daniel Lopez Guzman, Ivan Daniel Perez, Alberto del Angel Duran
Filed: 21 Dec 20
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Method of masking apertures in a component and processing the component
14 Nov 23
The present invention relates to a method of processing a component, wherein the component comprises at least one opening in a surface thereof, the method comprising: placing the component in an electrophoretic fluid comprising particles of a masking material as an electrode, applying a voltage to the component and a counter electrode of the component, depositing particles of the masking material in the electrophoretic fluid into the at least one aperture through electrophoresis to mask the at least one aperture; processing a surface of the component; and removing the masking material in the at least one opening.
Sheng Xu, Yanfei Gu, Dalong Zhong
Filed: 8 Feb 19
Utility
Turbomachine blade trailing edge cooling circuit with turn passage having set of obstructions
14 Nov 23
A turbomachine blade, and a coupon for a turbomachine blade, are disclosed.
Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Adam John Fredmonski
Filed: 10 Nov 21
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Systems and methods for addition of fuel additives to control turbine corrosion
14 Nov 23
A system comprises a gas turbine engine including a compressor, combustor, gas turbine, the combustor including a plurality of late lean fuel injectors; and wash system configured to be attached to and in fluid communication with the a plurality of late lean fuel injectors of the combustor.
Alston Ilford Scipio, Justin Todd Eggart, Colin Noel Stevens, Sanji Ekanayake
Filed: 3 Jun 21
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Turbine nozzle assembly with stress relief structure for mounting rail
14 Nov 23
A turbine nozzle assembly includes at least one airfoil and an outer endwall coupled to a radial outer end of the at least one airfoil.
Lauren Elizabeth Rogers, William Scott Zemitis, Kristen Barbara Coletti
Filed: 28 Jul 22