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1.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240033967A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-01
申请号：US17873733
申请日：2022-07-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
CPC classification number: B28B1/001 , B28B21/56 , B28B17/0081 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: The present application presents novel systems and methods for tracking reinforcement member placement in an additively manufactured structure that are simple, accurate, non-labor-intensive, and cost-effective. The present application also presents a novel method of manufacturing a tower structure comprising: depositing, via an additive printing system, a first printed layer of a wall with a printhead assembly, the wall at least partially circumscribing a vertical axis of the tower structure; positioning a first reinforcement member on the first printed layer; depositing, via the additive printing system, a second printed layer of the wall with the printhead assembly on the first reinforcement member, the second printed layer configured to hold a second reinforcement member thereon; and determining, via an optical sensor of the additive printing system, a position for placing the second reinforcement member based on the first reinforcement member positioning.
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公开(公告)号：US12264490B2
公开(公告)日：2025-04-01
申请号：US17988047
申请日：2022-11-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer , Gregory Edward Cooper , Collin McKee Sheppard
IPC: E04H12/34 , B28B1/00 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y80/00 , E04C5/07 , E04G21/04 , E04H12/08 , E04H12/12 , F03D13/20
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tower structure, the method including printing and depositing, with at least one variable-width deposition nozzle of a printhead assembly, one or more layers of at least one wall element of the tower structure, the at least one wall element having an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface. The method also including forming, with the at least one variable-width deposition nozzle, at least one void into the at least one wall element. The method also including placing at least one reinforcement member within the at least one void so as to position the at least one reinforcement member closer to a neutral axis of the at least one wall element than at least one of the outer circumferential surface or the inner circumferential surface.
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公开(公告)号：US11773963B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-03
申请号：US16915059
申请日：2020-06-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Collin McKee Sheppard , Fulton Jose Lopez , Raed Zuhair Hasan , Dhanushkodi Durai Mariappan , Ryan Eric Vogel
CPC classification number: F16H57/082 , F03D15/00 , F16H1/28 , F16H57/0427 , F16H57/0479 , F16H57/0486 , F05B2260/40311 , F16H2057/0056 , F16H2057/0087
Abstract: A gear system includes a carrier having a first portion and a separate, second portion and a plurality of pin shafts extending from the first portion of the carrier. Each of the plurality of pin shafts includes a first end and a second end. As such, the first ends are integrally formed with the first portion of the carrier. The first and second portions are arranged on opposing sides of the plurality of pin shafts and are spaced apart such that the first and second portions do not contact each other. Further, the second portion of the carrier defines an end plate that is secured to the second ends of the plurality of pin shafts. The gear system also includes a plurality of gears mounted to the plurality of pin shafts, with each of the plurality of gears arranged so as to rotate around one of the plurality of pin shafts.
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4.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240093671A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-21
申请号：US18521256
申请日：2023-11-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Ryan Eric Vogel , James Robert Tobin , Lauren Laurer Watts , Collin McKee Sheppard
CPC classification number: F03D13/10 , F03D1/0641 , F05B2230/232 , F05B2230/604 , F05B2240/301 , F05B2240/302 , F05B2280/4007
Abstract: A method of joining first and second blade components of a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes providing corresponding first and second positioning elements at an interface of the first and second blade components. The method also includes aligning and securing the first positioning element of the first blade component with the second positioning element of the second blade component so as to temporarily secure the first and second blade components together. Further, the corresponding first and second positioning elements maintain a desired spacing between the first and second blade components. Moreover, the method includes permanently securing the first and second blade components together such that the desired spacing is maintained between the first and second blade components.
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公开(公告)号：US20200025174A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-23
申请号：US16038421
申请日：2018-07-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Bernard Landa , Darren John Danielsen , Collin McKee Sheppard , Nikolina Kristeva , Samuel Bryan Shartzer , Pranav Agarwal
Abstract: A method for controlling loads of a wind turbine includes receiving sensor signals from one or more sensors being indicative of a movement of a nacelle of the wind turbine from a reference point. More particularly, the movement corresponds, at least, to a tilt and/or a displacement of the wind turbine tower and/or nacelle. The method also includes generating a deflection profile of the tower along its overall length from a bottom end to a top end thereof based on the sensor signals. Further, the method includes determining at least one of a thrust or a tower load of the wind turbine from the deflection profile. In addition, the method includes implementing a control action for the wind turbine based on the thrust and/or the tower load.
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公开(公告)号：US11919193B2
公开(公告)日：2024-03-05
申请号：US17873733
申请日：2022-07-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
CPC classification number: B28B1/001 , B28B17/0081 , B28B21/56 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: The present application presents novel systems and methods for tracking reinforcement member placement in an additively manufactured structure that are simple, accurate, non-labor-intensive, and cost-effective. The present application also presents a novel method of manufacturing a tower structure comprising: depositing, via an additive printing system, a first printed layer of a wall with a printhead assembly, the wall at least partially circumscribing a vertical axis of the tower structure; positioning a first reinforcement member on the first printed layer; depositing, via the additive printing system, a second printed layer of the wall with the printhead assembly on the first reinforcement member, the second printed layer configured to hold a second reinforcement member thereon; and determining, via an optical sensor of the additive printing system, a position for placing the second reinforcement member based on the first reinforcement member positioning.
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7.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11867146B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-09
申请号：US17768634
申请日：2019-10-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Ryan Eric Vogel , James Robert Tobin , Lauren Laurer Watts , Collin McKee Sheppard
CPC classification number: F03D13/10 , F03D1/0641 , F05B2230/232 , F05B2230/604 , F05B2240/301 , F05B2240/302 , F05B2280/4007
Abstract: A method of joining first and second blade components of a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes providing corresponding first and second positioning elements at an interface of the first and second blade components. The method also includes aligning and securing the first positioning element of the first blade component with the second positioning element of the second blade component so as to temporarily secure the first and second blade components together. Further, the corresponding first and second positioning elements maintain a desired spacing between the first and second blade components. Moreover, the method includes permanently securing the first and second blade components together such that the desired spacing is maintained between the first and second blade components.
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公开(公告)号：US20210404548A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-30
申请号：US16915059
申请日：2020-06-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Collin McKee Sheppard , Fulton Jose Lopez , Raed Zuhair Hasan , Dhanushkodi Durai Mariappan , Ryan Eric Vogel
Abstract: A gear system includes a carrier having a first portion and a separate, second portion and a plurality of pin shafts extending from the first portion of the carrier. Each of the plurality of pin shafts includes a first end and a second end. As such, the first ends are integrally formed with the first portion of the carrier. The first and second portions are arranged on opposing sides of the plurality of pin shafts and are spaced apart such that the first and second portions do not contact each other. Further, the second portion of the carrier defines an end plate that is secured to the second ends of the plurality of pin shafts. The gear system also includes a plurality of gears mounted to the plurality of pin shafts, with each of the plurality of gears arranged so as to rotate around one of the plurality of pin shafts.
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公开(公告)号：US20240159077A1
公开(公告)日：2024-05-16
申请号：US17988047
申请日：2022-11-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer , Gregory Edward Cooper , Collin McKee Sheppard
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tower structure, the method including printing and depositing, with at least one variable-width deposition nozzle of a printhead assembly, one or more layers of at least one wall element of the tower structure, the at least one wall element having an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface. The method also including forming, with the at least one variable-width deposition nozzle, at least one void into the at least one wall element. The method also including placing at least one reinforcement member within the at least one void so as to position the at least one reinforcement member closer to a neutral axis of the at least one wall element than at least one of the outer circumferential surface or the inner circumferential surface.
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公开(公告)号：US20240141674A1
公开(公告)日：2024-05-02
申请号：US17977374
申请日：2022-10-31
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Christopher James Kenny , Xiaopeng Li , Gregory Edward Cooper , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer , Collin McKee Sheppard , Ryan Eric Vogel
CPC classification number: E04H12/342 , B28B1/001 , B33Y80/00 , E04G21/142 , E04H12/12 , F03D13/20
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a tower structure with at least partially additively manufactured, stacked tower sections. Embodiments of the tower structure have a plurality of stacked tower sections, wherein at least one tower section of the plurality of stacked tower sections includes a wall element having one or more printed layers, and a base holding thereon the one or more printed layers. The present disclosure also is directed to a method of manufacturing a tower structure using a stacked tower sections and additive manufacturing. Embodiments of the method include forming a base of poured concrete or cast material, printing and depositing one or more printed layers to form a wall element, and stacking the plurality of tower sections to form the tower structure.
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