FAN ASSEMBLY HAVING A FAN RETENTION MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING A BLADE PLATFORM

    公开(公告)号:US20240271528A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18308105

    申请日:2023-04-27

    Abstract: A fan assembly includes a disk having a disk forward surface, a disk aft surface, and a radially outer surface. The disk defines a plurality of disk posts and a plurality of disk slots in the radially outer surface. At least one of the plurality of disk posts includes a post slot. The fan assembly also includes a fan having a plurality of fan blades and a plurality of platforms extending between adjacent fan blades of the plurality of fan blades. Each of the plurality of fan blades is received within one of the plurality of disk slots via a respective blade root. Further, the fan assembly includes at least one fan retention member having a body portion and a protrusion extending from the body portion. The protrusion is received within the post slot such that the at least one fan retention member supports one of the plurality of platforms.

    Compact Compressor
    63.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220268209A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17181773

    申请日:2021-02-22

    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for compact compressors are disclosed including a gas turbine engine defining an axial direction and a radial direction, the gas turbine engine including an axial flow compressor and a radial flow compressor, wherein the axial flow compressor is located axially forward of the radial flow compressor, a blade assembly including a splitter shroud to divide incoming air into axial air flow for the axial flow compressor and radial air flow for the radial flow compressor, the blade assembly rotating relative to the axial flow compressor and counter-rotating relative to the radial flow compressor, and wherein the blade assembly is located axially aft of the radial flow compressor.

    GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH INTERDIGITATED TURBINE AND GEAR ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20220205387A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17139138

    申请日:2020-12-31

    Abstract: A gas turbine engine having an interdigitated turbine assembly including a first turbine rotor and a second turbine rotor, wherein a total number of stages at the interdigitated turbine assembly is between 3 and 8, and an average stage pressure ratio at the interdigitated turbine assembly is between 1.3 and 1.9. A gear assembly is configured to receive power from the interdigitated turbine assembly, and a fan assembly is configured to receive power from the gear assembly. The interdigitated turbine assembly and the gear assembly are together configured to allow the second turbine rotor to rotate at a second rotational speed greater than a first rotational speed at the first turbine rotor. The fan assembly and the gear assembly are together configured to allow the fan assembly to rotate at a third rotational speed less than the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed. The interdigitated turbine assembly, the gear assembly, and the fan assembly together have a maximum AN2 at the second turbine rotor between 30 and 90.

    Flow structure for turbine engine
    65.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11365629B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US17230826

    申请日:2021-04-14

    Abstract: A turbine assembly including a first rotor assembly with a rotatable outer drum from which one or more stages of a plurality of outer drum airfoils is extended radially inward is provided. An outer casing surrounds the outer drum of the first rotor assembly. A seal assembly is coupled to the outer casing and positioned radially outward from an upstream-most stage of the plurality of outer drum airfoils. The seal assembly is positioned in axial alignment with the upstream-most stage of the plurality of outer drum airfoils. The seal assembly separates a first plenum from a second plenum. The second plenum is formed axially aft of the first plenum and is formed by the seal assembly, the outer casing, and the outer drum of the first rotor assembly. The first plenum is positioned radially outward from the upstream-most stage of the plurality of outer drum airfoils.

    Method and system for inlet guide vane heating

    公开(公告)号:US10323571B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US14971354

    申请日:2015-12-16

    Abstract: A method of heating a hollow structure and a heating system are provided. The system includes a plurality of hollow structures spaced circumferentially about an annular flow path. The hollow structures include a heating fluid inlet port, a first plurality of film heating apertures, and a second plurality of film heating apertures. The hollow structures also include a first internal passage extending between the heating fluid inlet port and the first plurality of film heating apertures. The first internal passage includes an impingement leg configured to channel a first flow of heating fluid to a leading edge of the hollow structure. A second internal passage extends between the heating fluid inlet port and the second plurality of film heating apertures through a path along an inner surface of the hollow structure before being channeled to the second plurality of film heating apertures.

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