ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230136376A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17957778

    申请日:2022-09-30

    申请人: Rolls-Royce plc

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00 H02M3/335 B64D27/24

    摘要: An electrical power system including: an electrical power source, a power electronics converter, an electrical network, a current limiting diode and a controllable circuit interruption device, wherein: the current limiting diode is configured to limit a fault current passing between the electrical power source and the electrical network in a fault condition; and the controllable circuit interruption device is configured to interrupt the fault current in response to a determination that the electrical power system is in the fault condition.

    COMBUSTOR ARRANGEMENT
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230134139A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US18050825

    申请日:2022-10-28

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: F23R3/28 F02C7/28

    摘要: A combustor arrangement includes a fuel injector, and a seal arranged around the fuel injector and having an upstream end and a downstream end. The seal includes an annular body at least partially abutting the fuel injector. The annular body includes an inner surface facing the fuel injector and an outer surface radially spaced apart from the inner surface relative to the central axis. The annular body further includes a plurality of slots disposed on the inner surface and circumferentially spaced apart from each other relative to the central axis. Each slot axially extends at least partially from the downstream end to the upstream end. Each slot is disposed in fluid contact with the fuel injector. The seal also includes a flange radially extending from the outer surface of the annular body at the upstream end.

    CABIN BLOWER SYSTEM
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230132101A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US18045857

    申请日:2022-10-12

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: B64D13/06 F02C7/36 F02C7/32

    摘要: A cabin blower system, for an aircraft, comprising: a cabin blower compressor, for compressing air for delivery to a cabin of an aircraft, comprising a compressor drive shaft running on a contactless bearing system; and a transmission comprising an input and an output, the input being arranged to receive power from an engine of the aircraft and the output being arranged to mechanically drive the cabin blower compressor, wherein the output of the transmission is mechanically coupled with the compressor drive shaft via a flexible drive coupling.

    AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230120297A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17935269

    申请日:2022-09-26

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    发明人: Philip D. BUTLER

    摘要: An aircraft propulsion system comprises a gas turbine engine arranged to provide propulsive thrust and a fuel cell system having an air input port, the aircraft propulsion system being configured such that air from a compressor of the gas turbine engine is provided to the air input port during operation of the aircraft propulsion system. The fuel cell system is able to provide appreciable electrical power at altitude without the need for a dedicated compressor.

    Geared gas turbine engine
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11629667B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17193317

    申请日:2021-03-05

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

    IPC分类号: F02K3/06 F02C7/24

    摘要: A gas turbine engine generates noise during use, and one particularly important flight condition for noise generation is take-off. A gas turbine engine that has high efficiency provides low noise, in particular from the fan and the turbine that drives the fan. Values are defined for a noise parameter NP that results in a gas turbine engine having reduced combined fan and turbine noise.

    Planetary gearbox
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11629650B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17651918

    申请日:2022-02-22

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: F16H57/04 F02C7/36 F16H57/08

    摘要: A planetary gearbox having a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a plurality of journal bearing pins. At its axially forward face side and/or at its axially rearward face side, each planet gear forms a recess that extends inside the planet gear starting from the face side. The planet gear forms a protrusion at its axially forward face side and/or at its axially rearward face side. The protrusion has an axial extent and a radial extent, wherein the radial extent is limited at the respective face side to the area between the planet gear inner bore and the radial inner limit of the respective recess in the planet gear, and wherein the protrusion is configured to provide for a flow path for oil emerging from the journal bearing that guides the oil away from the journal bearing.

    SEGMENTED STATOR
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230116266A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US18054081

    申请日:2022-11-09

    申请人: Rolls-Royce plc

    IPC分类号: H02K1/17

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to an electromechanical system comprising a toothed rotor and a stator segment. The stator segment comprises an armature coil defining a coil interior. The stator segment further comprises first and second stator portions, each stator portion comprising connected inner and outer radially extending poles. Each of the inner poles passes through the coil interior and each of the outer poles is provided outside of the coil interior. The stator segment further comprises a bridge spacing the stator portions and the bridge comprises a magnetic field generator arranged to generate a magnetic field between the stator portions.

    AIRCRAFT HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230101578A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17941374

    申请日:2022-09-09

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

    摘要: An aircraft hybrid propulsion system (5) comprising an inboard gas turbine engine (10a, 10c) and an outboard gas turbine engine (10b, 10d), each comprising a propulsor (12a, 12b) and a respective electric machine (32a, 32b) coupled to one or more engine shaft (24a, 24b). An electrical interconnection (34) is provided between the electric machine (32a) of the inboard gas turbine engine (10a) and the electric machine (32b) of the outboard gas turbine engine (10b). A controller (36) is configured to transfer electrical power between the inboard gas turbine engine electrical machine and the outboard gas turbine engine electrical machine when a thrust setting change is selected.

    METHOD OF METAL WORK REPAIR IN HYBRID COMPOSITE BLADES

    公开(公告)号:US20230093834A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17931152

    申请日:2022-09-12

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    摘要: A method of repairing a composite blade. The composite blade includes a metal work bonded to a composite part through an adhesive layer. The method includes determining a locally damaged portion of the metal work, and removing a bullet portion corresponding to the locally damaged portion. The method further includes detaching, debonding, and removing a first wing portion from the composite part to obtain a first exposed surface portion. The method further includes detaching, debonding, and removing a second wing portion from the composite part to obtain a second exposed surface portion. The method further includes reconditioning the first and second exposed surface portions to obtain first and second reconditioned surface portions, respectively, and applying first and second adhesive layers to the first and second reconditioned surface portions respectively. The method further includes bonding a metal work patch to the first and second adhesive layers.