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公开(公告)号:US20210032992A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-04
申请号:US16526205
申请日:2019-07-30
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Steven Mark Ballman
Abstract: A gas turbine engine defining a radial direction is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a tie shaft; a compressor section including a last rotor stage, the compressor section assembled to a first portion of the tie shaft; a separable shaft disposed between the compressor section and the tie shaft, the separable shaft having a radial outward portion and a radial inward portion, the radial outward portion of the separable shaft in contact with a portion of the last rotor stage at an interface; and a seal assembly operable with a portion of the separable shaft proximate the radial inward portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20210017877A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-21
申请号:US17063266
申请日:2020-10-05
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Nitesh Jain , Manoj Kumar Jain
Abstract: A propulsion system including a casing surrounding a fan rotor assembly is provided. An example casing includes an outer layer material, an inner layer material including first openings extended partially through the inner layer material along a radial direction of a first side of the inner layer material, and second openings extended partially through the inner layer material along the radial direction of a second side of the inner layer material opposite the first side, and a spring member coupled to the outer layer material and the inner layer material.
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公开(公告)号:US10815798B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US15891415
申请日:2018-02-08
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Gregory Carl Gemeinhardt , Douglas Duane Ward , David William Crall
Abstract: A blade for the fan section of a turbine engine comprising a composite core defining a pressure side and a suction side extending axially between a core leading edge and a core trailing edge defining a chord-wise direction and extending radially between a core root and a core tip defining a span-wise direction and a leading edge strip made of materials with different elasticity and mounted to the core leading edge.
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公开(公告)号:US10751958B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-25
申请号:US14891079
申请日:2014-05-08
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Mark Ernest Vermilyea
IPC: B29C70/48 , B29C33/52 , B29C70/24 , F01D9/04 , F01D5/28 , D03D25/00 , F01D25/16 , B29D99/00 , D03D11/02 , B29C70/22 , F01D25/24 , B29L31/08 , B29K105/08 , B29K307/04
Abstract: A composite woven outlet guide vane (32) and method of forming are depicted. The guide vane (32) is formed by use of a preform structure (100) with a core (150) which is removed following the manufacture.
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公开(公告)号:US10746045B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-18
申请号:US16161270
申请日:2018-10-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Nitesh Jain
Abstract: An airfoil defining a span extending between a root and a tip. The airfoil includes a retaining member extending at least partially between a leading edge and a trailing edge defining a frangible line extending at least partially along a chord at a point along the span of the retaining member. The airfoil further includes a frangible airfoil portion extending between the tip and the frangible line. The frangible airfoil portion includes a first plurality of composite plies, at least one composite ply of the first plurality of composite plies wraps around the retaining member. The airfoil includes a residual airfoil portion extending from the frangible line to the root including a second plurality of composite plies, at least one composite ply of the second plurality of composite plies wraps around the retaining member. Further, the residual airfoil portion meets the frangible airfoil portion at the frangible line.
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公开(公告)号:US20200182062A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-11
申请号:US16213653
申请日:2018-12-07
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Gregory Carl Gemeinhardt , Douglas Duane Ward , David William Crall , Nicholas Joseph Kray
Abstract: An airfoil that includes an airfoil body having a root and a tip, and convex and concave sides that extend between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil also includes at least a first cladding element that is attached to the airfoil body. The first cladding element includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is configured to separate from the first portion when the first cladding element encounters a force of at least a predetermined amount.
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公开(公告)号:US20200116028A1
公开(公告)日:2020-04-16
申请号:US16161296
申请日:2018-10-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Nitesh Jain
Abstract: An airfoil defining a span extending between a root and a tip and a chord at each point along the span extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil includes a leading edge sheath coupled to the leading edge of the airfoil. The leading edge sheath includes a flange extending from a frangible line toward the tip along the span and defining a first width along the chord at each point along the span S. The leading edge sheath further includes a base extending from the frangible line at least partially along the span to the root and defining a second width along the chord at a point along the span of the frangible line such that the second width is greater than the first width.
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公开(公告)号:US20200024956A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-23
申请号:US16226703
申请日:2018-12-20
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Narendra Digamber Joshi , Samar Jyoti Kalita , Paul Gerard Marsland , Wayne Allen Spence
IPC: F01D5/14 , F01D11/18 , B22F3/105 , B22F5/04 , B22F7/06 , B33Y80/00 , B33Y10/00 , F01D5/28 , F01D9/04
Abstract: A turbine engine airfoil apparatus, including an airfoil defined by a plurality of airfoil sections arrayed along a stacking axis that extends between a root and a tip, wherein at least two of the airfoil sections spaced apart from each other have differing airfoil section thermal expansion properties.
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公开(公告)号:US20180320706A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-08
申请号:US15586662
申请日:2017-05-04
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nitesh Jain , Sujana Chandrasekar , Ramkrishna Maripalli , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Wendy Wenling Lin
CPC classification number: F04D29/388 , B32B5/02 , B32B37/14 , B32B2262/103 , B32B2262/106 , B32B2305/076 , B32B2605/18 , F02C3/04 , F04D29/325 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2300/171 , F05D2300/174 , F05D2300/177 , F05D2300/6032
Abstract: A laminated composite airfoil assembly includes a first lamina formed of a pre-preg material including metal fibers, and at least a second lamina formed of a pre-preg material including at least one of metal fibers intermixed with carbon fibers, only metal fibers, only carbon fibers, a substrate including metal fibers, a substrate including carbon fibers, and combinations thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US20180298780A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-18
申请号:US15486789
申请日:2017-04-13
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Thomas Chadwick Waldman , Manoj Kumar Jain , Mojibur Rahman , Nitesh Jain , Nagamohan Govinahalli Prabhakar , Scott Roger Finn , Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis
CPC classification number: F01D21/045 , F01D25/24 , F04D29/526 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2220/36 , F05D2240/14 , F05D2250/292 , F05D2300/603
Abstract: A backsheet for use in a turbine engine fan case includes a first portion including a first portion first end and an opposing first portion second end. The first portion is tapered between the first portion first end and the first portion second end. The backsheet also includes a second portion coupled to the first portion. The second portion includes a second portion first end and an opposing second portion second end. The second portion defines a constant thickness between the second portion first end and the second portion second end.
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