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公开(公告)号:US10113633B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-30
申请号:US15008907
申请日:2016-01-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Daniel Alan Niergarth , Brandon Wayne Miller , Bugra Han Ertas , Donald Albert Bradley , Joseph Robert Dickman
Abstract: An epicyclic gearing arrangement includes a planet gear rotatable on a planet bearing that is mounted via a support pin to a carrier of the epicyclic gearing arrangement. A spring film damper is disposed between the cylindrical outer surface of the support pin and the opposing inner surface of the inner ring of the planet bearing and includes an annular gap.
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公开(公告)号:US10066505B2
公开(公告)日:2018-09-04
申请号:US15131097
申请日:2016-04-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Bugra Han Ertas , Joshua Tyler Mook , Jason Joseph Bellardi
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a gas-lubricated bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine and method of damping same. The bearing assembly includes a bearing pad for supporting a rotary component and a bearing housing attached to or formed integrally with the bearing pad. The bearing housing includes a first fluid damper cavity, a second fluid damper cavity in restrictive flow communication with the first fluid damper cavity via a restrictive channel configured as a clearance gap, and a damper fluid configured within the first and second fluid damper cavities. More specifically, the damper fluid of the present disclosure is configured to withstand the high temperature environment of the engine. Thus, the bearing housing is configured to transfer the damper fluid from the first fluid damper cavity to the second fluid damper cavity via the restrictive channel in response to a force acting on the bearing pad.
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公开(公告)号:US20180209479A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-26
申请号:US15924804
申请日:2018-03-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Joshua Tyler Mook , Bugra Han Ertas , Jason Joseph Bellardi
Abstract: A bearing includes a bearing pad for supporting a rotary component and a housing attached to or formed integrally with the bearing pad. The housing includes a flexible column extending towards the bearing pad for providing the bearing pad with an airflow. The column supports the bearing pad from a location inward of an outer periphery of the bearing pad along an axial direction of the bearing. With such a configuration, a resistance of the bearing pad along a radial direction of the bearing is less at the outer periphery than a resistance of the bearing pad along the radial direction proximate the column.
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公开(公告)号:US20180135697A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-17
申请号:US15351885
申请日:2016-11-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Kenneth Lee Fisher , Bugra Han Ertas
IPC: F16C33/46
CPC classification number: F16C33/4682 , F16C33/4641 , F16C2360/23
Abstract: A bearing cage for a roller bearing assembly includes an annular body defining a circumferential centerline extending therethrough. The annular body includes an outer circumferential surface, an opposing inner circumferential surface, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced roller cavities defined therein. Each roller cavity of the plurality of roller cavities is configured to receive an associated roller element. Each roller cavity includes a first radial cross-wall defined within the annular body extending from the outer circumferential surface to the inner circumferential surface. Each roller cavity further includes an opposing second radial cross-wall defined within the annular body extending from the outer circumferential surface to the inner circumferential surface. At least a portion of the first radial cross-wall and at least a portion of the second radial cross-wall are complimentary to the associated roller element.
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公开(公告)号:US20180031039A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-01
申请号:US15223228
申请日:2016-07-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Fabio Nonato de Paula , Bugra Han Ertas , Darren Hallman
CPC classification number: F16C33/4611 , F01D25/16 , F02C7/36 , F05D2240/50 , F05D2250/283 , F05D2260/40311 , F16C33/4623 , F16C2360/23 , F16C2361/61 , F16H1/28 , F16H57/08 , F16H57/12 , F16H2057/085
Abstract: A roller bearing cage includes a cylindrical body including a plurality of pocket holes defined within and positioned circumferentially about the cylindrical body. At least a portion of the cylindrical body is hollow. The roller bearing cage further includes a reinforcement structure extending within the portion of the cylindrical body. The reinforcement structure is configured to provide a stiffening force to the cylindrical body.
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公开(公告)号:US20170321747A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-09
申请号:US15147706
申请日:2016-05-05
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Bugra Han Ertas , Kyle Robert Snow
CPC classification number: F16C27/045 , F01D25/164 , F05D2220/31 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2220/40 , F05D2240/54 , F05D2260/96 , F16C17/26 , F16C27/02 , F16C2360/00 , F16C2360/23 , F16F15/022 , F16F15/0237 , F16F2222/12 , F16F2226/04 , F16F2230/30 , Y02T50/671
Abstract: One embodiment describes a bearing damper including a housing; a damper with an annular gap and an internal spring, in which the annular gap is formed between an inner rim and an outer rim of the damper, the internal spring circumferentially bounds the annular gap, the outer rim is coupled to the housing, and the annular gap is configured to be filled with fluid used to dampen vibrations produced on a drive shaft; and an external spring coupled to the housing and to the inner rim, in which the external includes an axial stiffness engineered to externally offset axial forces exerted on the inner rim of the and a radial stiffness engineered to externally offset a first portion of radial forces exerted on the inner rim and to permit a second portion of the radial forces to propagate the vibrations from the drive shaft to the inner rim.
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公开(公告)号:US20170321662A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-09
申请号:US15148231
申请日:2016-05-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Adam Daniel Minadeo , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Daniel Jason Erno , Fulton Jose Lopez , Bugra Han Ertas , Michael Colan Moscinski
Abstract: In one aspect, a dual pitch bearing configuration for coupling a rotor blade to a hub of a wind turbine. The dual pitch bearing configuration including a first pitch bearing and at least one additional pitch bearing disposed axially a distance LB from the first pitch bearing. The dual pitch bearing configuration further including one or more spacers disposed between the first pitch bearing and the at least one additional pitch bearing and extending the distance LB. The dual pitch bearing disposed radially within one of a blade root of the rotor blade, a hub extension or a bearing housing and coupled thereto. The dual pitch bearing configuration minimizing moment loading on the first pitch bearing and the at least one additional pitch bearing. A wind turbine including the dual pitch bearing configuration is further disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20170298766A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-19
申请号:US15131173
申请日:2016-04-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Bugra Han Ertas , Joshua Tyler Mook , Jason Joseph Bellardi
CPC classification number: F01D25/164 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2240/52 , F05D2240/53 , F05D2260/96 , F16C17/047 , F16C27/02 , F16C32/0614 , F16C32/0622 , F16C32/0666 , F16C32/0677
Abstract: A bearing including a bearing pad and a housing is provided. The bearing pad has a thrust face for supporting a vibration along an axial direction of the bearing. Additionally, the housing is formed integrally using an additive manufacturing process and is attached to or formed integrally with the bearing pad. The housing defines a working gas delivery system for providing a flow of pressurized working gas to the thrust face of the bearing pad and a fluid damper cavity. The fluid damper cavity provides a dampening of the axial vibration supported by the thrust face of the bearing pad along the axial direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20170298765A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-19
申请号:US15131097
申请日:2016-04-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Bugra Han Ertas , Joshua Tyler Mook , Jason Joseph Bellardi
CPC classification number: F01D25/164 , F05D2240/53 , F16C17/035 , F16C25/04 , F16C27/02 , F16C32/0603 , F16C32/0622 , F16C2360/23 , F16F9/10 , F16F15/0237 , F16F2222/12 , F16F2224/04 , F16F2228/008
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a gas-lubricated bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine and method of damping same. The bearing assembly includes a bearing pad for supporting a rotary component and a bearing housing attached to or formed integrally with the bearing pad. The bearing housing includes a first fluid damper cavity, a second fluid damper cavity in restrictive flow communication with the first fluid damper cavity via a restrictive channel configured as a clearance gap, and a damper fluid configured within the first and second fluid damper cavities. More specifically, the damper fluid of the present disclosure is configured to withstand the high temperature environment of the engine. Thus, the bearing housing is configured to transfer the damper fluid from the first fluid damper cavity to the second fluid damper cavity via the restrictive channel in response to a force acting on the bearing pad.
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公开(公告)号:US20170122205A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-04
申请号:US14924888
申请日:2015-10-28
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Bugra Han Ertas , Daniel Alan Niergarth , Brandon Wayne Miller
CPC classification number: F02C7/06 , F01D25/22 , F02K3/06 , F05D2230/90 , F05D2240/50 , F05D2240/53 , F05D2240/61 , F16C17/02 , F16C17/028 , F16C32/0607 , F16C32/0625 , F16C33/1005 , F16C33/101 , F16C2360/23 , Y02T50/671
Abstract: Embodiments of a gas bearing for aircraft engines are provided herein. In some embodiments, a gas bearing may include a first shaft; a second shaft disposed concentrically about the first shaft; and a protrusion extending from at least one of an inner surface of the first shaft or the outer surface of the second shaft to form a gap between the first shaft and the second shaft.
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