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公开(公告)号:US20240309882A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-19
申请号:US18676216
申请日:2024-05-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: David Raju Yamarthi , Brian G. Brzek , Adam Joseph Wangler , David Justin Brady , Prachi Anand Tappu , Santosh Pattnaik , Mohan Kannaiah Raju
IPC: F04D29/20 , F04D13/02 , F04D13/06 , F04D25/06 , F04D29/04 , F04D29/041 , F04D29/047 , F04D29/049
CPC classification number: F04D29/20 , F04D13/021 , F04D13/06 , F04D13/0646 , F04D25/0606 , F04D29/0405 , F04D29/0413 , F04D29/047 , F04D29/049
Abstract: Impeller bearings for pumps are disclosed. An example fluid pump includes a motor, a shaft coupled to a rotor of the motor, an impeller coupled to the shaft forward of the motor, the impeller including blades to pump a fluid, a first radial bearing positioned around the shaft aft of the motor, a second radial bearing positioned around the impeller, and guide vanes extending radially from the second radial bearing upstream of the blades of the impeller.
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公开(公告)号:US11927105B1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
申请号:US18066707
申请日:2022-12-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Adam Joseph Wangler , David Raju Yamarthi , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik
CPC classification number: F01D25/168 , F01D3/04 , F01D15/08
Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to dynamically support axial thrust in pumps. Examples disclosed herein include a thrust bearing system including a thrust disc coupled to an impeller shaft; a first thrust pad coupled to a body of the pump, the first thrust pad positioned on a forward side of the thrust disc; a second thrust pad coupled to the body of the pump, the second thrust pad positioned on an aft side of the thrust disc; and a spring-loaded assembly integrated into the first and second thrust pads, the spring-loaded assembly connected to a pump outlet via a first flowline, the first flowline to transmit a working fluid from the pump outlet to the forward side of the thrust disc or the aft side of the thrust disc based on a position of the spring-loaded assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20240263671A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-08
申请号:US18191631
申请日:2023-03-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Mohan Kannaiah Raju , David Raju Yamarthi , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik , Adam Joseph Wangler , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Sanjeev Sai Kumar Manepalli
CPC classification number: F16C17/04 , F16C17/26 , F16C2360/00
Abstract: Example thrust bearing apparatus disclosed herein include: a thrust disk extending radially from the shaft, the thrust disk having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a bearing housing surrounding the thrust disk and the shaft, the bearing housing having a first wall facing the first side of the thrust disk and a second wall facing the second side of the thrust disk; a first thrust pad coupled to the first wall of the bearing housing, the first thrust pad including a first plurality of serrations circumferentially arranged in a first pattern along the first thrust pad; and a second thrust pad coupled to the first side of the thrust disk, the second thrust pad including a second plurality of serrations circumferentially arranged in a second pattern along the second thrust pad.
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公开(公告)号:US20240254926A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-01
申请号:US18101966
申请日:2023-01-26
Inventor: Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger , Adam Joseph Wangler , Massimiliano Cirri , Maysaa Rizk , Giridhar Jothiprasad , Christian Aalburg
CPC classification number: F02C9/18 , F02C7/14 , F04D29/04 , F05D2220/60 , F05D2260/213 , F05D2260/53 , F05D2270/101 , F05D2270/301 , F05D2270/303 , F05D2270/306 , F05D2270/66
Abstract: Casing waste heat recirculation loops and related methods are disclosed. An example engine includes at least one of a compressor or a pump; a casing for at least one of the pump or the compressor, the casing including a conduit formed in a wall of the casing, the conduit to define a recirculation flow path for a fluid at least partially within the wall of the casing; a valve positioned at an inlet to the recirculation flow path; and an actuator operatively connected to the valve and configured to adjust a position of the valve among at least one of open, partially open, or closed, the valve to allow passage of at least a portion of the fluid when at least one of open or partially open.
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公开(公告)号:US20240093617A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-21
申请号:US18066707
申请日:2022-12-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Adam Joseph Wangler , David Raju Yamarthi , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik
CPC classification number: F01D25/168 , F01D3/04 , F01D15/08
Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to dynamically support axial thrust in pumps. Examples disclosed herein include a thrust bearing system including a thrust disc coupled to an impeller shaft; a first thrust pad coupled to a body of the pump, the first thrust pad positioned on a forward side of the thrust disc; a second thrust pad coupled to the body of the pump, the second thrust pad positioned on an aft side of the thrust disc; and a spring-loaded assembly integrated into the first and second thrust pads, the spring-loaded assembly connected to a pump outlet via a first flowline, the first flowline to transmit a working fluid from the pump outlet to the forward side of the thrust disc or the aft side of the thrust disc based on a position of the spring-loaded assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20230358237A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-09
申请号:US17840416
申请日:2022-06-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: David Raju Yamarthi , Sriram K , Mohandas Nayak , Anantharaman M , Mohan Kannaiah Raju , Prachi Anand Tappu , Deepak Ghiya , Adam Joseph Wangler
CPC classification number: F04D13/0606 , F04D29/70 , F04D29/044 , F04D25/026 , H02K5/10 , H02K9/19
Abstract: Layered barrier cans and methods of producing the same are disclosed herein. An example shroud disclosed herein includes an inner shell including a first non-metallic material, an outer shell including the first non-metallic material or a second non-metallic material, and a metal core shell positioned between the inner shell and the outer shell.
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公开(公告)号:US20230358235A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-09
申请号:US17840404
申请日:2022-06-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: David Raju Yamarthi , Mohan Kannaiah Raju , Prachi Anand Tappu , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik , Adam Joseph Wangler , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Shishir Paresh Shah
CPC classification number: F04D13/027 , F04D13/0606 , F04D29/0405 , F04D29/044 , F04D29/126 , F04D29/5806 , F04D29/628
Abstract: A pump system for pressurizing a fluid within a closed loop supercritical transport bus is disclosed herein. The examples of the pump system disclosed herein include an impeller coupled to an impeller shaft; an axial flux electric motor including rotors and a stator; a rotor shaft connected to the rotors, wherein the rotor shaft is coupled to the impeller shaft; a seal to prevent the fluid from contacting the axial flux electric motor; a first housing to frame the impeller shaft; and a second housing to frame the axial flux electric motor, wherein the second housing is separate from the first housing.
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公开(公告)号:US20250149961A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-08
申请号:US19015201
申请日:2025-01-09
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Lokaditya Ryali , Bugra H Ertas , Adam Joseph Wangler
IPC: H02K49/10 , F04D13/02 , F04D15/00 , F04D29/043
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to a flux-modulated permanent magnet clutch. Disclosed is a magnetic clutch apparatus comprising a tension spring, an outer ring coupled to the tension spring, the outer ring including a first plurality of magnets, an inner ring coupled to an output shaft, the inner ring including a second plurality of magnets, the outer ring to magnetically engage with the inner ring, and an intermediate ring coupled to an input shaft, the intermediate ring disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, the intermediate ring including a ferrous metal.
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公开(公告)号:US12281657B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-22
申请号:US18356690
申请日:2023-07-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Adam Joseph Wangler , Bugra H. Ertas , Veera Venkata Amarnath Manem
IPC: F04D29/057 , F04D29/66 , F04D17/10
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to reduce failure to bearings in a pump system. Disclosed herein is a pump system comprising a shaft connected to an impeller of the pump system, and a bearing to provide a dampening to the shaft, the bearing including a journal lining, the journal lining supported in the pump system, a spring-loaded foil to separate the shaft from the journal lining, an inner lining between the shaft and the spring-loaded foil, and a deformation limiter located between the spring-loaded foil and the journal lining.
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公开(公告)号:US12209533B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-28
申请号:US18176246
申请日:2023-02-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger , David Raju Yamarthi , Maysaa Rizk , David Justin Brady , Adam Joseph Wangler , Ismail Hakki Sezal , Michael Joseph Murray
Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to power thermal management systems with heat of a working fluid therein. Example thermal management system include: a thermal transport bus loop fluidly coupled to at least one heat source exchanger and at least one heat sink exchanger; a turbomachine including a turbine and a compressor, the turbine and compressor rotatably interlocked via a shaft, the compressor coupled to the thermal transport bus loop, the turbine including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet connected to a first point of the thermal transport bus loop via a first flowline, the outlet connected to a second point of the thermal transport bus loop via a second flowline; and a control valve coupled to the first flowline, the control valve to adjust a mass flowrate of the heat exchange fluid in the first flowline based on a speed of the shaft.
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