Propulsor assembly for an aircraft
    31.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10822103B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US15672448

    申请日:2017-08-09

    Abstract: An aircraft propulsor assembly includes a fan having a nacelle and plural fan blades radially disposed within the nacelle. The fan blades are configured to be rotated by torque generated by a turbine engine of an aircraft to generate thrust for propelling the aircraft. The assembly also includes an electric motor including a stator in the nacelle of the fan and a rotor in tips of two or more of the fan blades. The electric motor is configured to generate torque that also rotates the fan blades to generate thrust for propelling the aircraft. The assembly also includes a controller configured to reduce or prevent an increase in an operating temperature of the turbine engine of the aircraft by automatically supplanting at least some of the torque generated by the turbine engine with the torque generated by the electric motor.

    CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT
    35.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200023942A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-23

    申请号:US16372546

    申请日:2019-04-02

    Abstract: An aircraft includes a first leading edge defining the forward edge of a left aircraft wing, a second leading edge defining the forward edge of a right aircraft wing, a plurality of plasma actuators disposed along the first and second leading edges, a control processing unit communicatively coupled to each plasma actuator, and at least one flight stability sensor communicatively coupled to the control processing unit. The control processing unit commands at least one plasma actuator to generate plasma in response to a signal from the flight stability sensor.

    MULTI-CAN ANNULAR ROTATING DETONATION COMBUSTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20190128529A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US15795894

    申请日:2017-10-27

    Abstract: A rotating detonation combustion system is generally provided. The rotating detonation combustion system includes an outer wall, an upstream wall, and a radial wall. The outer wall is defined circumferentially around a combustor centerline extended along a lengthwise direction. The outer wall defines a first radius portion generally upstream along the outer wall. A second radius portion is defined generally downstream along the outer wall and a transition portion is defined between the first and second radius portions. The first radius portion defines a first radius greater than a second radius at the second radius portion. The transition portion defines a generally decreasing radius from the first radius portion to the second radius portion. The upstream wall is defined circumferentially around the combustor centerline and is extended along the lengthwise direction and inward radially of the first radius portion of the outer wall. An oxidizer passage is defined within the upstream wall. A combustion chamber is defined downstream of the upstream wall and radially inward of the outer wall. The radial wall is coupled to the outer wall and the upstream wall. A fluid injection opening is defined through at least one of the radial wall or the outer wall adjacent to the combustion chamber.

    CAVITY STABILIZED DETONATION COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY OF A ROTATING DETONATION ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20190086086A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US15711742

    申请日:2017-09-21

    Abstract: A cavity stabilized detonation combustor assembly for a rotating detonation engine includes opposing inner and outer walls that are radially spaced apart from each other and that both extend around a center axis of the rotating detonation engine. Detonations in the rotating detonation engine rotate around the center axis of the rotating detonation engine. The assembly also includes opposing leading and trailing cavity walls that are coupled with the inner and outer walls and which radially extend away from the center axis, and an axial wall that is coupled with and connects the leading and trailing cavity walls with each other. The axial wall and the leading and trailing cavity walls define a detonation stabilizing cavity in which detonations of the rotating detonation engine occur and are stabilized.

    Turbine engine assembly and method of manufacturing

    公开(公告)号:US10077660B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-18

    申请号:US14802074

    申请日:2015-07-17

    CPC classification number: F01D1/04 F02K3/065 F02K3/077

    Abstract: A turbine engine assembly is provided. The assembly includes a low-pressure turbine assembly including a first turbine section configured to rotate in a first rotational direction at a first rotational speed, and a second turbine section configured to rotate in a second rotational direction at a second rotational speed. The second rotational direction is opposite the first rotational direction and the second rotational speed is lower than the first rotational speed. The assembly also includes a first drive shaft coupled to the first turbine section, and a fan assembly including a first fan section coupled to the first drive shaft such that the first fan section rotates in the first rotational direction at the first rotational speed, and a second fan section coupled to the second turbine section such that the second fan section rotates in the second rotational direction at the second rotational speed.

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