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公开(公告)号:US10822955B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-03
申请号:US16235114
申请日:2018-12-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: John McConnell Delvaux , Markus Feigl , Matthew Troy Hafner , Michael Anthony Wondrasek , James Zhang , Peter de Diego
Abstract: A gas turbine that includes a rotor blade that includes an airfoil. The airfoil may include non-integral base and top portions. The airfoil may include a pin connector connecting the top portion to the base portion. The pin connector may include: a tab extending from the top portion; a complimentary slot for receiving the tab formed in the base portion; an elongated pin cavity formed through an interior region of the airfoil, where the pin cavity intersects the slot to divide the pin cavity into first and second pin cavity segments; a tab aperture formed through the tab, where the tab aperture is positioned so align with the pin cavity upon the tab being received within the slot; and a locking pin that extends continuously through the first segment of the pin cavity, the tab aperture, and the second segment of the pin cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US11339666B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-24
申请号:US16851629
申请日:2020-04-17
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Andrew Clifford Hart , John McConnell Delvaux , Joseph Anthony Weber , James Zhang , Peter de Diego
Abstract: An article, such as a turbine blade, includes an airfoil. The airfoil includes a body, the body having an elongated internal cavity extending from a tip of the body. The cavity is defined an internal wall within the body. At least one elongated damping element is disposed in the elongated internal cavity and frictionally engages the internal wall. Thus, the least one elongated damping element is capable of damping vibrations in the article.
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公开(公告)号:US20210324743A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-21
申请号:US16851629
申请日:2020-04-17
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Andrew Clifford Hart , John McConnell Delvaux , Joseph Anthony Weber , James Zhang , Peter de Diego
Abstract: An article, such as a turbine blade, includes an airfoil. The airfoil includes a body, the body having an elongated internal cavity extending from a tip of the body. The cavity is defined an internal wall within the body. At least one elongated damping element is disposed in the elongated internal cavity and frictionally engages the internal wall. Thus, the least one elongated damping element is capable of damping vibrations in the article.
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公开(公告)号:US10815786B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US16235079
申请日:2018-12-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Matthew Troy Hafner , John McConnell Delvaux , James Zhang , Jeffrey Clarence Jones , Peter de Diego
Abstract: A gas turbine that includes a rotor blade that includes an airfoil. The airfoil is defined between a pressure face and a laterally opposed suction face, the pressure face and the suction face extending axially between opposite leading and trailing edges and radially between an outboard tip and a connection with a root of the rotor blade. The airfoil may include non-integral portions in which: a base portion of the airfoil is made from a first material; and a top portion of the airfoil is made from a second material. The airfoil may include a dovetail joint connecting the top portion to the base portion. The dovetail joint may include a dovetail extending from the top portion being received within a complementary dovetail groove formed in the base portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20200208528A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
申请号:US16235114
申请日:2018-12-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: John McConnell Delvaux , Markus Feigl , Matthew Troy Hafner , Michael Anthony Wondrasek , James Zhang , Peter de Diego
Abstract: A gas turbine that includes a rotor blade that includes an airfoil. The airfoil may include non-integral base and top portions. The airfoil may include a pin connector connecting the top portion to the base portion. The pin connector may include: a tab extending from the top portion; a complimentary slot for receiving the tab formed in the base portion; an elongated pin cavity formed through an interior region of the airfoil, where the pin cavity intersects the slot to divide the pin cavity into first and second pin cavity segments; a tab aperture formed through the tab, where the tab aperture is positioned so align with the pin cavity upon the tab being received within the slot; and a locking pin that extends continuously through the first segment of the pin cavity, the tab aperture, and the second segment of the pin cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US20200208527A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
申请号:US16235095
申请日:2018-12-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Stanley Kevin Widener , John McConnell Delvaux , Matthew Troy Hafner , James Zhang , Peter de Diego
Abstract: A gas turbine that includes a rotor blade that includes an airfoil. The airfoil may include non-integral portions in which: a base portion is made from a first material; and a top portion is made from a second material. The airfoil may include a connector securing the base portion to the top portion of the airfoil, wherein the connector comprises a wire-lock connector that includes: a tab extending from one of the base portion and the top portion; a complimentary slot for receiving the tab formed in the other one of the base portion and the top portion; a first groove formed in a side of the tab; a second groove formed in a side of the slot; a retaining aperture formed cooperatively via an alignment of the first and second grooves upon the tab being received into the slot; and a retaining wire housed within the retaining aperture.
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公开(公告)号:US20200208526A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
申请号:US16235079
申请日:2018-12-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Matthew Troy Hafner , John McConnell Delvaux , James Zhang , Jeffrey Clarence Jones , Peter de Diego
IPC: F01D5/14
Abstract: A gas turbine that includes a rotor blade that includes an airfoil. The airfoil is defined between a pressure face and a laterally opposed suction face, the pressure face and the suction face extending axially between opposite leading and trailing edges and radially between an outboard tip and a connection with a root of the rotor blade. The airfoil may include non-integral portions in which: a base portion of the airfoil is made from a first material; and a top portion of the airfoil is made from a second material. The airfoil may include a dovetail joint connecting the top portion to the base portion. The dovetail joint may include a dovetail extending from the top portion being received within a complementary dovetail groove formed in the base portion.
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公开(公告)号:US10207471B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-19
申请号:US15146288
申请日:2016-05-04
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Peter de Diego
IPC: F01D5/14 , F01D5/18 , F01D5/28 , F01D25/12 , C04B35/76 , B32B1/08 , B32B3/24 , B32B5/26 , B32B7/04 , B32B18/00 , C04B37/00 , B32B3/26 , C04B35/64 , F01D25/00 , C04B35/52 , C04B35/10 , C04B35/565 , F01D25/14
Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite article, method for forming the article, and perforated ply which may be incorporated therein are disclosed. The article includes at least one shell ply forming an exterior wall having first and second portions and defining a plenum. An annular brace formed of at least one structural support ply is disposed within the plenum, including a first integral portion integral with and part of the first portion of the exterior wall, a first curved portion extending from the first integral portion and curving across the article plenum to the second portion of the exterior wall, a second integral portion integral with and part of the second portion of the exterior wall, a second curved portion extending from the second integral portion and curving across the article plenum to the first curved portion, and an overlap in which the first and second curved portions are integral.
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