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公开(公告)号:US20180156062A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15370360
申请日:2016-12-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: A method for inspecting a gas turbine engine using a maintenance tool includes assembling a plurality of rail segments of a rail system of the maintenance tool within a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section together defining at least in part the core air flowpath. The method also includes moving a maintenance head of the maintenance tool along the plurality of rail segments of the rail system to perform maintenance operations within the core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号:US09982598B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-29
申请号:US13657193
申请日:2012-10-22
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Charles Daniel Califf , Peter John Wood , Raymond Gust Holm , Allan George van de Wall , Peter Alfred Pezzi
CPC classification number: F02C7/052 , F02C6/08 , F02C7/28 , F02C9/18 , F02C9/28 , F02K3/075 , F04D27/0215 , F04D27/023 , F05D2260/606 , F05D2260/607
Abstract: A variable bleed valve includes a variable bleed valve door disposed in a bleed inlet in transition duct and rotatable about an axis at or near a forward end of door. Valve is operable to open and close a bleed slot open to a booster bleed flowpath located outwardly of transition duct and having an airflow restrictor. Airflow restrictor may be variable such as a flapper valve. Booster bleed flowpath may pass through a bifurcated bleed duct including an inner passage radially bound by spaced apart inner and middle bleed walls and an outer passage radially bound by middle bleed wall and an outer bleed wall. Airflow restrictor may include an outlet area smaller than an inlet area of inner passage. Door seals against middle bleed wall to open inner passage and against outer bleed wall to open both passages.
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公开(公告)号:US11992952B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-28
申请号:US17083718
申请日:2020-10-29
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
CPC classification number: B25J9/1669 , B23P6/002 , B25J11/008 , B25J19/023 , F01D5/005 , G06Q10/20 , F05D2230/80
Abstract: Systems and methods of servicing engines including a method of servicing an engine, the method including navigating at least a portion of a robotic assembly to a location associated with the engine; applying, from the robotic assembly, a medium to one or more adjustable components of the engine while the engine is at an elevated temperature; waiting a duration of time; and with the robotic assembly, operating on the one or more adjustable components.
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公开(公告)号:US11918943B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17993082
申请日:2022-11-23
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Timothy Deryck Stone , Gregory Michael Laskowski , Robert Proctor , Curtis Stover , Robert Francis Manning , Victor Hugo Silva Correia , Jared Peter Buhler , Robert Carl Murray , Corey Bourassa , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff
IPC: B01D45/16 , B04C3/00 , B04C3/06 , F01D5/18 , F01D9/06 , F02C6/08 , F02C7/052 , F02C7/18 , F02K3/04
CPC classification number: B01D45/16 , B04C3/06 , F01D5/189 , F01D9/065 , F02C6/08 , F02C7/052 , F02C7/18 , B04C2003/003 , B04C2003/006 , F02K3/04 , F05D2260/607 , Y02T50/60
Abstract: A turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and a rotatable drive shaft that couples a portion of the turbine section and a portion of the compressor section. A bypass conduit couples the compressor section to the turbine section while bypassing at least the combustion section. At least one particle separator is located in the turbine engine having a separator inlet that receives a bypass stream, a separator outlet that receives a reduced-particle stream flows, and a particle outlet that receives a concentrated-particle stream comprising separated particles. A conduit, fluidly coupled to the particle outlet, extends through an interior of at least one stationary vane.
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公开(公告)号:US11913345B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US17471923
申请日:2021-09-10
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
Inventor: Mandar Diwakar Godbole , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Kirti Arvind Petkar , Vamshi Krishna Reddy Kommareddy , Sandeep Kumar , Andrew Crispin Graham
CPC classification number: F01D21/003 , G01M15/14 , G06T7/001 , G06T7/60 , F05D2260/80 , F05D2270/8041 , G06T2207/30164
Abstract: A system and method of using a tool assembly is provided. The system includes a body, a first camera and a second camera fixed to the body, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive data indicative of images of a reference feature from the first camera, determine data indicative of a first spatial position of the first camera based at least in part on the received data indicative of the images of the reference feature, and determine data indicative of a second spatial position of the second camera based on the first spatial position, a known spatial relationship between the first location and the second location, or both. Further, the controller may be configured to receive data indicative of images of a target feature using the second camera, derive dimensions of the target feature based on the images, and generate a three-dimensional representation of the target feature.
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公开(公告)号:US11898497B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-13
申请号:US16727004
申请日:2019-12-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Hrishikesh Keshavan , Curtis Alan Johnson , Hongqiang Chen , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Mehmet M. Dede
IPC: F02C7/24
CPC classification number: F02C7/24
Abstract: A coated component for a gas turbine engine is provided. The coated component includes a substrate having a surface and a ceramic coating. The ceramic coating includes one or more linear slots and one or more non-linear slots. The one or more non-linear slots intersect the one or more linear slots. The plurality of linear slots and the plurality of non-linear slots form segments of ceramic coating material.
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公开(公告)号:US11679898B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-20
申请号:US16901386
申请日:2020-06-15
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
Inventor: Todd William Danko , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Margeaux Wallace , Hrishikesh Keshavan , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Michael Dean Fullington , Andrew Crispin Graham , Trevor Owen Hawke , Julian Matthew Foxall , Ahmed M ELKady
CPC classification number: B64F5/40 , B05B12/124 , B05B15/68 , B05B15/70 , G01N21/8851 , G01N21/954
Abstract: A method for inspecting and repairing a surface of a component of a gas turbine engine, the method including: inserting an inspection and repair tool into an interior of the gas turbine engine; inspecting the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool; performing a repair of the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool from within the interior of the gas turbine engine, the inspection and repair tool remaining within the interior of the gas turbine engine between inspecting the component and performing the repair of the surface of the component.
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公开(公告)号:US11541340B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-03
申请号:US17325650
申请日:2021-05-20
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Timothy Deryck Stone , Gregory Michael Laskowski , Robert Proctor , Curtis Stover , Robert Francis Manning , Victor Hugo Silva Correia , Jared Peter Buhler , Robert Carl Murray , Corey Bourassa , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff
IPC: B01D45/16 , F02C7/18 , B04C3/06 , B04C3/00 , F02C6/08 , F01D5/18 , F01D9/06 , F02C7/052 , F02K3/04
Abstract: A turbine engine having an inducer assembly. The inducer assembly includes a centrifugal separator fluidly coupled to an inducer with an inducer inlet and an inducer outlet. The centrifugal separator includes a body, an angular velocity increaser to form a concentrated-particle stream and a reduced-particle stream, a flow splitter, and an exit conduit fluidly coupled to the body to receive the reduced-particle stream and define a separator outlet.
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公开(公告)号:US20210387746A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-16
申请号:US16901386
申请日:2020-06-15
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
Inventor: Todd William Danko , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Margeaux Wallace , Hrishikesh Keshavan , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Michael Dean Fullington , Andrew Crispin Graham , Trevor Owen Hawke , Julian Matthew Foxall , Ahmed M ELKady
Abstract: A method for inspecting and repairing a surface of a component of a gas turbine engine, the method including: inserting an inspection and repair tool into an interior of the gas turbine engine; inspecting the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool; performing a repair of the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool from within the interior of the gas turbine engine, the inspection and repair tool remaining within the interior of the gas turbine engine between inspecting the component and performing the repair of the surface of the component.
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公开(公告)号:US11174751B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-16
申请号:US15443048
申请日:2017-02-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Michael Edward Eriksen , Eric John Telfeyan
Abstract: A method for cleaning components of a gas turbine engine is presented. The method includes introducing a working fluid into a gas flow path or a cooling circuit defined by the one or more components of the gas turbine engine such that the working fluid impinges upon a surface of the one or more components of the gas turbine engine, wherein the working fluid includes a plurality of detergent droplets entrained in a flow of steam. A system for cleaning components of a gas turbine engine are also presented.
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