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公开(公告)号:US20240376903A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-14
申请号:US18777725
申请日:2024-07-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Arthur William Sibbach
Abstract: A turbine engine includes a fan and a turbomachine defining an engine centerline. The turbomachine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order. The turbine engine also includes a set of composite airfoils circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline. An airfoil in the set of composite airfoils including a composite portion extending chordwise between a composite leading edge and a trailing edge and a leading edge protector coupled to the composite portion.
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公开(公告)号:US12123308B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US17702101
申请日:2022-03-23
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Li Zheng , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Changjie Sun
CPC classification number: F01D11/22 , F01D11/122 , F05D2240/11 , F05D2260/232 , F05D2260/606 , F05D2300/505
Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine; a fan including a plurality of fan blades rotatably driven by the turbomachine; a nacelle surrounding at least in part the plurality of fan blades of the fan; and a clearance control system including a control ring positioned at least partially within the nacelle, coupled to the nacelle, or both for control of a clearance gap between the plurality of fan blades and the nacelle.
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公开(公告)号:US20240309763A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-19
申请号:US18182559
申请日:2023-03-13
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
CPC classification number: F01D5/147 , F01D5/288 , F05D2220/36 , F05D2300/6034
Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section, a compressor section, combustor section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, and defining an engine longitudinal axis. Sets of blades can be rotatably driven about the longitudinal axis in the fan section, the compressor section, and the turbine section. The airfoil structure defining one or more of the blades or vanes can include a structure which includes a woven or foam core, with a laminate skin, and an exterior coating.
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公开(公告)号:US20240295224A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-05
申请号:US18656056
申请日:2024-05-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Jixian Yao , Trevor Howard Wood , Kishore Ramakrishnan , William Joseph Solomon , Giridhar Jothiprasad , Nicholas Joseph Kray
CPC classification number: F04D29/384 , F04D19/002
Abstract: A turbomachine includes an annular casing and a fan disposed inside the annular casing and mounted for rotation about an axial centerline. The fan includes fan blades that extend radially outwardly toward the annular casing. The fan blades include a composite blade including a composite airfoil section having an airfoil leading edge and an airfoil trailing edge, a root attached to the composite airfoil section, and a blade shank therebetween. A metallic leading edge shield covers an axially extending portion of the composite airfoil section including at least a portion of the airfoil leading edge and covers a radially and chordwise extending portion of the airfoil leading edge of the blade shank. The fan has an average chord fan width according to a first performance factor. The fan has a quantity of fan blades according to a second performance factor.
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公开(公告)号:US20240288002A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-29
申请号:US18656067
申请日:2024-05-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Jixian Yao , Trevor Howard Wood , Kishore Ramakrishnan , William Joseph Solomon , Giridhar Jothiprasad , Nicholas Joseph Kray
CPC classification number: F04D29/384 , F04D19/002
Abstract: A turbomachine includes an annular casing and a fan disposed inside the annular casing and mounted for rotation about an axial centerline. The annular casing is formed at least partially of a composite material. The fan includes fan blades that extend radially outwardly toward the annular casing. The fan has an average chord fan width according to a first performance factor. The fan has a quantity of fan blades according to a second performance factor.
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公开(公告)号:US20240280027A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-22
申请号:US18171938
申请日:2023-02-21
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Arthur William Sibbach
CPC classification number: F01D5/282 , F01D5/147 , F05D2300/6034 , F05D2300/612
Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, combustor section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, and defining an engine longitudinal axis. Sets of blades can be rotatably driven about the longitudinal axis in the compressor section and the turbine section, with adjacent vanes provided between sets of blades. The airfoil structure defining one or more of the blades or vanes can include a core structure which includes a woven or foam core, with an exterior woven layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240280026A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-22
申请号:US18172723
申请日:2023-02-22
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
CPC classification number: F01D5/28
Abstract: A turbine engine comprising a compressor section, combustor section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, and defining an engine longitudinal axis. The turbine engine includes an airfoil with an outer wall having a pressure side and a suction side, extending between a root and a tip in a span-wise direction, and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chord-wise direction. The airfoil includes a woven core, a first bonding layer including a toughened region, and a laminate skin provided exterior of the first bonding layer and bonded to the woven core by the first bonding layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11692444B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-04
申请号:US17891312
申请日:2022-08-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Nitesh Jain
IPC: F01D5/02
CPC classification number: F01D5/028
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:US11674399B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-13
申请号:US17368961
申请日:2021-07-07
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Praveen Sharma , Abhijeet Jayshingrao Yadav , Nitesh Jain , Nicholas Joseph Kray
CPC classification number: F01D5/282 , F01D5/147 , F01D5/30 , F05C2251/08 , F05D2240/303 , F05D2240/304 , F05D2240/307 , F05D2300/505
Abstract: An airfoil arrangement for a gas turbine engine may include a support device using a shape memory alloy to support and control the airfoil. The support device may be formed as part of a fan blade. The arrangement may be configured to reduce overall weight and dimensions of the gas turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号:US11674395B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-13
申请号:US17024212
申请日:2020-09-17
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Nitesh Jain
Abstract: A rotor disk for a gas turbine engine includes a disk body having a central bore extending therethrough. The disk body includes a bore body that extends around the central bore, a web that extends radially outward from the bore body having decreased thickness relative to the bore body and a peripheral rim that is located at an outer end of the web. The peripheral rim includes blade mounting structures for engaging complementary mounting structures of rotor blades. The bore body has a bore cavity that extends continuously through the bore body and about an entire periphery of the central bore. The bore cavity has a central axis that forms a circle about the central bore.
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