-
公开(公告)号:US11834960B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-05
申请号:US17685616
申请日:2022-03-03
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas J. Kray , Gary W. Bryant , Nitesh Jain
CPC classification number: F01D5/16 , F01D5/26 , F01D25/04 , F01D25/06 , F02C7/00 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2260/96 , F05D2300/603
Abstract: Methods and apparatus to reduce deflection of an airfoil are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a plate including an aperture, the airfoil disposed in the aperture, and a damper operatively coupled between the plate and a hub of the airfoil, the damper to transform flexural deflection of the airfoil to radial deflection of the plate.
-
公开(公告)号:US11773732B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17236257
申请日:2021-04-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nitesh Jain , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Abhijeet Jayshingrao Yadav
CPC classification number: F01D5/282 , F01D5/147 , F02C7/24 , F05D2240/30 , F05D2260/96 , F05D2300/44 , F05D2300/603 , F05D2300/614
Abstract: A component for a turbine engine is provided. The component includes a main body portion having a flow path surface; and a protective layer formed of a chopped fiber material, the protective layer cohered to at least a portion of the flow path surface of the main body portion.
-
公开(公告)号:US20230265760A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-24
申请号:US17685616
申请日:2022-03-03
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas J. Kray , Gary W. Bryant , Nitesh Jain
CPC classification number: F01D5/16 , F02C7/00 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2260/96 , F05D2300/603
Abstract: Methods and apparatus to reduce deflection of an airfoil are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a plate including an aperture, the airfoil disposed in the aperture, and a damper operatively coupled between the plate and a hub of the airfoil, the damper to transform flexural deflection of the airfoil to radial deflection of the plate.
-
公开(公告)号:US20230258092A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-17
申请号:US17947589
申请日:2022-09-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas J. Kray , Nitesh Jain , Gary W. Bryant
Abstract: Part-span shrouds for pitch controlled aircrafts are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first portion extending from a first airfoil, the first portion including a first surface, the first surface being convex, a second portion extending from a second airfoil towards the first airfoil, the second portion including a second surface the first airfoil circumferentially adjacent to the second airfoil, the second surface being concave, and an interface formed by the first surface and the second surface, the interface reacting circumferential loads between the first airfoil and the second airfoil.
-
公开(公告)号:US11624320B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US17365855
申请日:2021-07-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas Joseph Kray , Sreekanth Kumar Dorbala , Nitesh Jain , Prashant Sharma
Abstract: A booster splitter for a gas turbine engine and a method of additively manufacturing the booster splitter are provided. The booster splitter includes an annular inner wall defining a radially outer boundary of a compressor flow path defined through a compressor section of the gas turbine engine, an annular outer wall spaced apart from the annular inner wall along the radial direction, the annular outer wall adjacent to the annular inner wall at a forward end, the forward end defining an inlet to the compressor flow path, an annular bulkhead spanning between the annular inner wall and the annular outer wall substantially along the radial direction, the bulkhead defining an inlet port, and a passageway defined within the annular outer wall, the passageway extending from the inlet port, into the bulkhead, radially outward to the outer wall, and through the annular outer wall towards the inlet defined by the forward end.
-
公开(公告)号:US20230020608A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-19
申请号:US17375433
申请日:2021-07-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nitesh Jain , Raghuveer Chinta , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Wendy Wenling Lin
IPC: F01D5/28
Abstract: A fan platform for gas turbine engine is provided. The fan platform incudes a body portion and a flow path surface coupled to the body portion. The body portion and the flow path surface define at least a portion of a flow path extending through the engine. The body portion and/or the flow path surface include an impact region including hybrid composite plies including one or more metallic tows. A gas turbine engine including the fan platform and methods for forming the fan platform are also disclosed.
-
公开(公告)号:US11549391B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US17207911
申请日:2021-03-22
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nitesh Jain , Nicholas Joseph Kray
IPC: F01D21/04
Abstract: Hybrid material components and methods of forming hybrid material components are provided. For example, a hybrid material component comprises a plurality of metallic tows and a plurality of non-metallic tows. Each metallic tow of the plurality of metallic tows is surrounded by a portion of the plurality of non-metallic tows such that the plurality of metallic tows are embedded within the plurality of non-metallic tows. An exemplary hybrid material component is a containment assembly of a gas turbine engine. Methods of forming such components include forming a hybrid material; laying up a plurality of layers of the material to form a layup; and processing the layup such that a plurality of metallic tows and a plurality of non-metallic tows are co-cured.
-
28.
公开(公告)号:US20220403741A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-22
申请号:US17891312
申请日:2022-08-19
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.
-
公开(公告)号:US20220333501A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-20
申请号:US17234371
申请日:2021-04-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nitesh Jain , Nicholas J. Kray , Veeraraju V , Deepak Ghiya , Sreekanth Kumar Dorbala , Kishore Budumuru , Apostolos Karafillis , Thomas Chadwick Waldman , Theodore E. Anderson , Joel F. Kirk , Edward A. Rainous , Michael E. Eriksen , Mojibur Rahman
Abstract: Light weight fan casing configurations for energy absorption are disclosed herein. An apparatus includes a first set of metal bands positioned within a containment casing of a turbofan engine, and a second set of metal bands traversing the first set of metal bands, the first set of metal bands and the second set of metal bands to surround at least a portion of the turbofan engine.
-
公开(公告)号:US20220212772A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-07
申请号:US17141899
申请日:2021-01-05
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicholas J. Kray , Nitesh Jain , Abhijeet Jayshingrao Yadav
Abstract: Airframe localized keel structures are disclosed. An example aircraft includes an airframe, a first engine mounted on a first side of the airframe, a second engine mounted on a second side of the airframe, and an airframe keel positioned on at least one of a lower portion of the airframe or an upper portion of the airframe between the first engine and the second engine, the airframe keel to prevent an object from exiting the first engine and impacting the second engine.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-