公开(公告)号：US09719816B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US14474884

申请日：2014-09-02

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Kurt Kramer Schleif ,  Zachary John Snider

IPC: G01D21/00 ,  G01D11/30 ,  G01N33/00 ,  G01D11/24 ,  G01N1/22 ,  G01M15/14 ,  F01D21/00

CPC classification number: G01D11/30 ,  F01D21/003 ,  G01D11/245 ,  G01M15/14 ,  G01N1/2247 ,  G01N33/0009 ,  G01N2001/2285 ,  G01N2201/021 ,  G01N2201/0227

Abstract: A fitting for positioning a probe in a hot gas path within a casing of a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The fitting includes a main body attachable to the casing opposite the hot gas path. The main body includes an internal bore and one or more cooling holes in communication with the internal bore. A compliant seal is positionable within the internal bore. In addition, a follower is positionable within the internal bore adjacent to the compliant seal. Moreover, the fitting includes a fastener configured to mate with the main body. In this manner, the follower deforms the compliant seal about the probe within the main body to secure and seal the probe within the main body.

公开(公告)号：US09698579B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US14522624

申请日：2014-10-24

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Kurt Kramer Schleif ,  Donald W. Shaw ,  Zachary John Snider ,  Mario Joseph Arceneaux

IPC: H02G1/08 ,  F01D17/06 ,  F01D17/08 ,  F01D21/00

CPC classification number: H02G1/08 ,  F01D17/06 ,  F01D17/08 ,  F01D21/003 ,  F05B2240/61 ,  F05D2220/30 ,  F05D2240/60 ,  F05D2260/83 ,  Y10T29/49012 ,  Y10T29/49169 ,  Y10T29/49194

Abstract: A method for routing wires from a rotor shaft of a turbomachine includes routing a plurality of wire bundles through an end portion of the rotor shaft and into an annular extension shaft which is coupled to the end portion of the rotor shaft, threading each wire bundle through a corresponding thru-hole of a plurality of thru-holes defined in an annular wire barrel, inserting the wire barrel into the extension shaft and fixedly connecting the wire barrel to the extension shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20150260607A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-17

申请号：US14215599

申请日：2014-03-17

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Fredrick Levi Fuller ,  Michael Richard Pomykai ,  Zachary John Snider ,  Hua Xia ,  Bernard Zabek

IPC: G01M11/00 ,  G01M15/14 ,  G02B6/34

CPC classification number: G01M15/14 ,  F01D17/02 ,  F05D2270/331 ,  F05D2270/804 ,  G01L11/025 ,  G01L19/0023 ,  G02B6/02204

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure related generally to a fluid probe with one or more Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors. An apparatus according to the present disclosure can include a fluid probe configured to be positioned within a fluid flow section of a turbomachine; and a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor coupled to the fluid probe and configured to indicate a material property at a particular location on the fluid probe.

Abstract translation: 本公开的方面通常涉及具有一个或多个光纤布拉格光栅（FBG）传感器的流体探针。 根据本公开的装置可以包括被配置为定位在涡轮机的流体流动部分内的流体探针; 和光纤布拉格光栅（FBG）传感器，其耦合到流体探针并且被配置为指示流体探针上的特定位置处的材料特性。

公开(公告)号：USD1070922S1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

申请号：US29741077

申请日：2020-07-09

Applicant: General Electric Company

Designer： Sathyanarayanan Raghavan ,  Zachary John Snider ,  Changjie Sun ,  Gautam Suresh Naik ,  Claire Fridtjof Lang

公开(公告)号：US12071862B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17815376

申请日：2022-07-27

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Zachary John Snider ,  John McConnell Delvaux ,  James Tyson Balkcum ,  Brian Denver Potter

IPC: F01D5/26 ,  F01D9/04

CPC classification number: F01D5/26 ,  F01D9/041 ,  F05D2240/128 ,  F05D2260/38 ,  F05D2260/96

Abstract: A vibration damping system includes a vibration damping element for a turbine nozzle or blade. A body opening extends through the turbine nozzle or blade between the tip end and the base end thereof, e.g., through the airfoil among potentially other parts of the nozzle or blade. A vibration damping element includes a plurality of stacked plate members within the body opening. Each plate member is in surface contact with at least one adjacent plate member to cause friction that dampens vibration of the nozzle or blade. The body opening has an inner dimension, and each plate member has an outer dimension sized to frictionally engage the inner dimension of the body opening to damp vibration. Plate members may each include a central opening therein, and a fixed elongated body or cable may extend through the central openings. The damping element may alternatively include a helical metal ribbon spring.

公开(公告)号：US11976565B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17815372

申请日：2022-07-27

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Zachary John Snider ,  Brad Wilson VanTassel ,  Brian Denver Potter ,  John McConnell Delvaux

IPC: F01D5/16

CPC classification number: F01D5/16 ,  F05D2220/32 ,  F05D2260/96

Abstract: A vibration dampening system includes a vibration dampening element for a turbine nozzle or blade. A body opening extends through the turbine nozzle or blade, e.g., through the airfoil among potentially other parts of the nozzle or blade. A vibration dampening element includes a plurality of stacked damper pins within the body opening. The damper pins include an outer body having an inner opening, a first end surface and an opposing second end surface; and an inner body nested and movable within the inner opening of the outer body. The end surfaces frictionally engage to dampen vibration. The inner body has a first central opening including a first portion configured to engage an elongated body therein and an outer surface configured to frictionally engage a portion of the inner opening of the outer body to dampen vibration.

公开(公告)号：US20240035387A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US17815376

申请日：2022-07-27

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Zachary John Snider ,  John McConnell Delvaux ,  James Tyson Balkcum, III ,  Brian Denver Potter

IPC: F01D5/26 ,  F01D9/04

CPC classification number: F01D5/26 ,  F01D9/041 ,  F05D2240/128 ,  F05D2260/38 ,  F05D2260/96

Abstract: A vibration damping system includes a vibration damping element for a turbine nozzle or blade. A body opening extends through the turbine nozzle or blade between the tip end and the base end thereof, e.g., through the airfoil among potentially other parts of the nozzle or blade. A vibration damping element includes a plurality of stacked plate members within the body opening. Each plate member is in surface contact with at least one adjacent plate member to cause friction that dampens vibration of the nozzle or blade. The body opening has an inner dimension, and each plate member has an outer dimension sized to frictionally engage the inner dimension of the body opening to damp vibration. Plate members may each include a central opening therein, and a fixed elongated body or cable may extend through the central openings. The damping element may alternatively include a helical metal ribbon spring.

公开(公告)号：US20230142974A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US18149858

申请日：2023-01-04

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Matthew Troy Hafner ,  Christopher Donald Porter ,  Zachary John Snider ,  Jeffrey Clarence Jones

IPC: B22F10/00 ,  B22F3/10 ,  B22F3/24 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B05B12/26

CPC classification number: B22F10/00 ,  B22F3/1007 ,  B22F3/24 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B05B12/26 ,  B33Y10/00

Abstract: An additively manufactured (AM) object may include a body including an opening in an exterior surface thereof, the opening having a shape and a first area at the exterior surface of the body. A mask may be positioned over the opening. The mask has the shape of the opening and a second area that is larger than the first area so as to overhang the exterior surface of the body about the opening. A plurality of support ligaments couple to the mask and the exterior surface of the body at a location adjacent to the opening to support a portion of the mask. A coating can be applied to the object, and the mask removed. The final AM object includes a plurality of ligament elements extending from the exterior surface of the body and through the coating adjacent the opening, each ligament element at least partially surrounded by the coating.

公开(公告)号：US11634991B1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17574076

申请日：2022-01-12

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Zachary John Snider ,  John Mcconnell Delvaux ,  Robert Frank Hoskin

IPC: F01D9/02 ,  F01D5/16

Abstract: A vibration damping system for a turbine nozzle or blade includes a body opening extending through a body of the turbine nozzle or blade between a tip end and a base end thereof. Elongated vibration damping element is disposed in the body opening and includes an elongated body having a first, free end and a second end fixed relative to one of the base end and the tip end. At least one wire mesh member surrounds the elongated body. The wire mesh member(s) frictionally engage with an inner surface of the body opening to damp vibration. A related method is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20220212402A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17656006

申请日：2022-03-23

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Zachary John Snider ,  Michael Scott Soden ,  Michael Robert Berry

IPC: B29C64/188 ,  F01D5/14 ,  F04D29/32 ,  B22F5/10

Abstract: Additively manufactured components including unitary bodies. The component may include a unitary body having a component section. The component section may include at least one passage extending at least partially through the component section. The unitary body may also include a supplemental section formed integral with the component section. The supplemental section may be disposed over the passage(s) of the component section and may include a channel extending at least partially through the supplemental section. The channel may be in fluid communication with the passage(s) of the component section. Additionally, the unitary body may include a transition conduit positioned within the component section and the supplemental section. The transition conduit may extend between the passage(s) of the component section and the channel of the supplemental section to fluidly couple the passage(s) and the channel.