Exhaust nozzle assembly for an aircraft propulsion system

    公开(公告)号:US12103695B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17948870

    申请日:2022-09-20

    摘要: An exhaust nozzle assembly for a propulsion system include a primary nozzle, an outer shroud, an ejector nozzle, and an actuator. The primary nozzle extends along an exhaust centerline. The primary nozzle includes a downstream axial end. The outer shroud surrounds the primary nozzle. The ejector nozzle extends axially between a first axial end and a second axial end. The second axial end forms a nozzle exit plane for the exhaust nozzle assembly. The ejector nozzle converges in a direction from the first axial end to the second axial end. The ejector nozzle forms a mixing cross-sectional area between the primary nozzle and the ejector nozzle at the downstream axial end. The actuator is mounted on the ejector nozzle. The actuator is configured to move the ejector nozzle between a first position and a second position, relative to the outer shroud, to control an area of the mixing cross-sectional area.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240308350A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18123266

    申请日:2023-03-18

    IPC分类号: B60L3/04 B60L3/00 B64D27/24

    摘要: An assembly for an aircraft includes an aircraft electrical distribution bus, a battery, and a control system. The battery includes a plurality of battery strings. Each battery string includes a string contactor. The control system is in signal communication with the string contactor of each battery string. The control system is configured to control a position of the string contactor of each battery string in a closed string position or an open string position. The control system is configured to: detect a fault in a faulted first battery string of the plurality of battery strings and position the string contactor of the faulted first battery string in the open string position, in response to the detected fault in the faulted first battery string and maintain the string contactor of at least one unfaulted second battery string of the plurality of battery strings in the closed string position.

    Rotor with feather seals
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    公开(公告)号:US12078069B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17938736

    申请日:2022-10-07

    IPC分类号: F01D11/00 F01D5/30 F01D5/22

    摘要: A rotor assembly has: blades having airfoils and roots protruding from platform segments; a rotor disc having a peripheral face defining recesses, and slots, a recess located between two adjacent ones of the slots and bounded by a step; feather seals located radially between the peripheral face and the platform segments, a feather seal having a core extending from a trailing end to a leading end and overlapping a gap defined between two platform segments and tabs protruding from the core, the tabs including: trailing tabs positioned axially outside the recess; and leading tabs, a leading tab extending from a root to a tip and having one or more of: the tip axially positioned outside of the recess; and a fillet at an intersection between the tip and an edge of the leading tab, the edge extending between the tip and the core, and facing the step.

    Fuel delivery apparatus for a gas turbine engine

    公开(公告)号:US12072104B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US18371887

    申请日:2023-09-22

    发明人: Jakub Strzepek

    IPC分类号: F23R3/28 F23D14/58 F23D14/62

    CPC分类号: F23R3/286 F23D14/58 F23D14/62

    摘要: A fuel delivery apparatus is provided for a gas turbine engine. This fuel delivery apparatus includes a fuel injector. The fuel injector includes a plurality of fuel passages, a guide passage, a plurality of air passages, a mixing cavity and a fuel injector outlet. The fuel passages extend along an axis to the guide passage. The fuel passages converge radially inwards towards the axis as the fuel passages spiral about the axis towards the guide passage. The guide passage turns radially outwards away from the axis as the guide passage extends from the fuel passages to the mixing cavity. The air passages converge radially inwards towards the axis as the air passages extend axially to the mixing cavity. The mixing cavity fluidly couples the guide passage and the air passages to the fuel injector outlet.

    Aircraft and associated method of controlling an electric aircraft powerplant

    公开(公告)号:US12071252B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US18333696

    申请日:2023-06-13

    IPC分类号: B64C11/30 B64C11/44 B64D27/24

    摘要: The aircraft can include a rotary airfoil device having an output shaft rotatable around an airfoil rotation axis; an electric engine having a source shaft drivingly coupled to the output shaft; a controller in communication with the electric engine; a low voltage electric system operable to power the controller; a high voltage electric system having a high voltage battery operable to power the electric engine, the high voltage battery further operable to power the low voltage electric system via a voltage converter; and an electromagnetic generator having a generator shaft coupled to the output shaft, the electromagnetic generator operable to power the low voltage electric system.

    VANE ARRAY STRUCTURE WITH RECESSED STATOR VANES

    公开(公告)号:US20240280030A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18582174

    申请日:2024-02-20

    IPC分类号: F01D9/04

    摘要: A vane array structure for a gas turbine engine includes a first platform, a second platform, a plurality of vanes and a flowpath. Each of the vanes extends across the flowpath between the first platform and the second platform. The vanes include a first vane and a second vane disposed longitudinally next to the first vane along the flowpath. The first vane includes a first airfoil and a first recess. The first airfoil extends spanwise between a first end at the first platform and a second end at the second platform. The first airfoil extends chordwise between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The first airfoil extends laterally between a first side and a second side. The first recess projects spanwise into the first airfoil from the first end. The first recess projects chordwise into the first airfoil from the trailing edge.