Acceleration of a gas turbine
    211.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11480112B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16892690

    申请日:2020-06-04

    Inventor: Paul D Whatley

    Abstract: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprises a high-pressure (HP) spool comprising an HP compressor and a first electric machine driven by an HP turbine; a low-pressure (LP) spool comprising an LP compressor and a second electric machine driven by an LP turbine; a combustion system comprising a fuel metering unit; and an engine controller configured to, in response to a change of a throttle lever angle setting indicative of an acceleration event, increase fuel flow to the combustion system by the fuel metering unit, and to operate the first electric machine in a motor mode to increase the HP spool rotational speed and engine core mass flow.

    Afterburner strut with integrated fuel feed lines

    公开(公告)号:US11466856B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US17317073

    申请日:2021-05-11

    Inventor: Michael Yeandel

    Abstract: An afterburner arrangement comprising: an internal casing and an external casing defining a bypass pathway between them; a mounting strut forming a structural connection between the internal casing and the external casing; and A plurality of fuel nozzles associated with the mounting strut, wherein the mounting strut at least partly houses a corresponding plurality of fuel pathways to provide fuel to the respective fuel nozzles.

    COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR DETERMINING DAMAGE TO AN AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20220309846A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17655689

    申请日:2022-03-21

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining damage to an aircraft, the computer-implemented method comprising: (i) receiving first data from a first sensor, the first data comprising values for a first parameter of an aircraft; (ii) determining whether damage has occurred to the aircraft using the values of the first data; (iii) receiving second data from a second sensor, the second data comprising values for a second parameter of the aircraft; (iv) determining whether damage has occurred to the aircraft using the values of the second data; and (v) controlling output of a signal comprising data indicating the occurrence of damage to the aircraft using an occurrence of damage determined at step (ii) and/or an occurrence of damage determined at step (iv).

    GEARBOXES FOR AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINE ENGINES

    公开(公告)号:US20220298975A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17827214

    申请日:2022-05-27

    Inventor: Mark SPRUCE

    Abstract: Gearboxes for aircraft gas turbine engines, in particular arrangements for journal bearings such gearboxes, and related methods of operating such gearboxes and gas turbine engines. A gearbox for an aircraft gas turbine engine includes: a sun gear; a plurality of planet gears surrounding and engaged with the sun gear; and a ring gear surrounding and engaged with the plurality of planet gears, each of the plurality of planet gears being rotatably mounted around a pin of a planet gear carrier with a journal bearing having an internal sliding surface on the planet gear and an external sliding surface on the pin.

    Method for forming a composite article

    公开(公告)号:US11440273B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US16367350

    申请日:2019-03-28

    Inventor: Vincent Gill

    Abstract: A method of forming a composite article involves the steps of: providing a formed article, the formed article comprising a plurality of non-crimp fibre fabrics with each non-crimp fibre fabric comprising at least two dry-fibre layers; stabilising the plurality of non-crimp fibre fabrics; machining a surface of the formed article having exposed ply terminations to provide a smooth blended surface with chamfered plydrops; positioning the machined formed article in a second mould; infiltrating the second mould with a polymer matrix resin; and curing the machined formed article to form the composite article.

    ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS
    220.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220281608A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17545302

    申请日:2021-12-08

    Inventor: Graham P. BRUCE

    Abstract: Electrical power systems for distributing electrical power in aircraft are described. One such electrical power system comprises: an electrical power source configured to output a number R≥2 of dc power channels, each dc power channel having a respective index r=(1, . . . , R); and a group of N dc load channels connected to the R dc power channels by a switching arrangement, wherein N>R and each dc load channel has a respective index n=(1, . . . , N). The system further comprises, for each respective one of a plurality of the N load channels, a current limiting device (CLD) operable to limit an amount of current flowing from the power channels to a load connectable to the electrical power system via the respective load channel. The electrical power source may comprise one or more batteries.

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