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公开(公告)号:US20220341329A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17236236
申请日:2021-04-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Abhijeet Jayshingrao Yadav , Nitesh Jain , Nicholas Joseph Kray
Abstract: A rotor blade for a gas turbine engine is provided. The rotor blade includes a blade body formed of a first material; and a tip component removably connected to the blade body, the tip component formed of a second material that is different than the first material.
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公开(公告)号:US20220316342A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-06
申请号:US17844578
申请日:2022-06-20
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Viswanadha Gupta Sakala , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Ambika Shivamurthy , Kirti Arvind Petkar
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture corresponding to a fan blade with intrinsic damping characteristics are disclosed. An example fan blade comprises an exterior body including a first side and a second side; a first hairpin structure in contact with (a) the first side of the exterior body and (b) the second side of the exterior body; and a second hairpin structure in contact with (a) the first side and (b) the second side, wherein the first hairpin structure and the second hairpin structure are made from different materials.
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公开(公告)号:US20220282626A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-08
申请号:US17193064
申请日:2021-03-05
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Elzbieta Kryj-Kos
Abstract: A rotor blade retention system for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor blade connection component defining a slot, with the rotor blade connection component including a first set of electric leads. Furthermore, the rotor blade retention system includes a rotor blade having a root section received within the slot, with the rotor blade further including a second set of electric leads. In this respect, the first and second sets of electric leads are electrically coupled together to permit electric current to be supplied to the rotor blade.
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公开(公告)号:US20220154580A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-19
申请号:US16950940
申请日:2020-11-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Praveen Sharma , Naleen Kumar Verma , Nicholas Joseph Kray
Abstract: A variable stiffness damper system including an inner spring positioned between a first wall and a second wall, in which the inner spring includes a first member and a second member each coupled together at a distal end by an inner bumper. The first member and the second member are each contoured toward one another. The first member, the second member, and the inner bumper form a cavity therebetween. An outer spring is positioned between the inner spring and the first wall or the second wall. The outer spring includes a spring arm contoured toward the inner spring. The outer spring includes an outer bumper positioned between the inner bumper and the first wall or the second wall. The inner bumper and the outer bumper are selectively couplable to one another based on a load applied to the damper system.
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公开(公告)号:US20220098991A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-31
申请号:US17410754
申请日:2021-08-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Ian F. Prentice
IPC: F01D5/30
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a slot to accommodate a blade of an engine. An example blade apparatus includes: a collet including a slot to receive an end of a blade; and a plurality of retainers including a first retainer positioned on a first end of the collet and a second retainer positioned on a second end of the collet to provide axial retention for the blade in the slot.
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公开(公告)号:US20220074307A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-10
申请号:US17012595
申请日:2020-09-04
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Nitesh Jain
IPC: F01D5/02
Abstract: A rotor blade for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil section and a root section extending along a longitudinal direction between an upstream surface and a downstream surface. The root section further extends along a radial direction between an inner surface positioned at an inner end of the root section and an outer end coupled to the airfoil section. Moreover, the root section extends along a circumferential direction between a first side surface and a second side surface. Furthermore, the root section defines a longitudinal centerline extending along the longitudinal direction and positioned equidistant from the inner surface and the outer end in the radial direction. The root section includes a first portion formed from a composite material and a second portion formed from a metallic material, with the longitudinal centerline extending through the second portion of the root section.
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公开(公告)号:US11225871B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-18
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 , B22F5/04 , B22F7/06 , B33Y80/00 , B33Y10/00 , B22F10/20 , F01D5/28 , F01D9/04 , F04D29/32 , F04D29/54
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:US20210363888A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-25
申请号:US16923911
申请日:2020-07-08
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Viswanadha Gupta Sakala , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Ambika Shivamurthy , Kirti Arvind Petkar
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture corresponding to a fan blade with intrinsic damping characteristics are disclosed. An example fan blade comprises an exterior body including a first side and a second side; a first hairpin structure coupled to the first side of the exterior body and the second side of the exterior body; and a second hairpin structure coupled to the first side and the second side, the first hairpin structure in contact with the second hairpin structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20210062717A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-04
申请号:US16550721
申请日:2019-08-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: Composite components and methods for forming composite components are provided. For example, a composite component of a gas turbine engine comprises a composite material, a plurality of piezoelectric fibers, and an anti-icing mechanism. The anti-icing mechanism is in operative communication with the piezoelectric fibers such that the anti-icing mechanism is activated by one or more electrical signals from the piezoelectric fibers. In exemplary embodiments, the composite component is a composite airfoil and the anti-icing mechanism is one or more heating elements. Methods for forming composite components may comprise forming piezoelectric plies comprising piezoelectric fibers embedded in a matrix material; forming reinforcing plies comprising reinforcing fibers embedded in the matrix material; laying up the piezoelectric and reinforcing plies to form a ply layup; and processing the ply layup to form the composite component. Methods including forming a piece of piezoelectric material that is adhered to a composite component also are provided.
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公开(公告)号:US10920607B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US16145759
申请日:2018-09-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nitesh Jain , Kishore Budumuru , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Daniel Edward Mollmann
Abstract: A blade for a propulsion apparatus. The blade includes a body having opposed pressure and suction sides. The blade extends in span between a root and a tip and the blade extends in chord between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The blade includes a fracture structure that is defined within the body and positioned such that it is spaced-away from the tip. The fracture structure includes at least one chamber. A first fracture wall is disposed between the at least one chamber and the pressure side, and a second fracture wall is disposed between the at least one chamber and the suction side. The fracture structure is configured to fail when a predetermined force is applied to the tip such that the tip separates from the remainder of the body.
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