Variable area nozzle assembly for an aircraft propulsion system

    公开(公告)号:US12065937B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US18394669

    申请日:2023-12-22

    申请人: RTX Corporation

    摘要: A variable area nozzle assembly includes a fixed center plug, a fixed outer nozzle, and an inner nozzle. The fixed center plug includes a plug body and a protrusion. The fixed outer nozzle extends about the fixed center plug. The inner nozzle extends about the fixed center plug. The inner nozzle is disposed between the fixed center plug and the fixed outer nozzle. The inner nozzle forms a primary duct between the inner nozzle and the fixed outer nozzle. The primary duct includes an exit plane. The inner nozzle body forms a secondary duct and a gap. The gap is a nozzle outlet of the secondary duct. The gap includes a gap inlet and a gap outlet. The gap inlet is disposed upstream of the protrusion. The gap outlet is disposed downstream of the protrusion. The inner nozzle body is translatable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the primary duct has a first area at the exit plane and the inner nozzle body is disposed at the protrusion. In the second position, the primary duct has a second area at the exit plane and the inner nozzle body is spaced from the protrusion.

    STATOR VANE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH MAGNETIC ACTUATION ROTOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES

    公开(公告)号:US20240133312A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18048611

    申请日:2022-10-20

    IPC分类号: F01D17/14 F01D9/04

    CPC分类号: F01D17/14 F01D9/041

    摘要: A vane assembly includes vanes, an actuator assembly, and a controller. The vanes are configured to rotate about their pitch axes. The actuator assembly includes an annular ring arranged radially outward of the vanes and coupled to the vanes, a magnet arranged on the annular ring, and a stator arranged adjacent the magnet. The ring is configured to rotate the vanes about the pitch axes in response to rotation of the ring about the central axis and the stator is configured to selectively rotate the magnet and annular ring about the central axis. The controller controls movement of the ring via the stator and magnets in response to at least one of (i) at least one operating condition of the gas turbine engine, or (ii) at least one operating parameter of the at least one first vane.

    Methods and systems for a modulated bleed valve

    公开(公告)号:US11835000B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US14972289

    申请日:2015-12-17

    摘要: Methods and systems for a gas turbine engine comprising a modulated bleed valve are provided. The gas turbine engine may comprise a turbine nozzle coupled to a controller, a modulated bleed valve in communication with the controller, and a tangible, non-transitory memory providing instructions to the controller to perform operations. The operations may include receiving parameter values from the parameter sensor at various times, determining desired bleed airflows to flow through the modulated bleed valve at various times, and/or commanding the modulated bleed valve to assume an open configuration or a closed configuration at various times. The modulated bleed valve may be configured to allow bleed airflow to bypass a nozzle choke area of the turbine nozzle and join a nozzle airflow.

    Switching valve
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    公开(公告)号:US11725532B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US17804580

    申请日:2022-05-30

    IPC分类号: F01D17/14 F01D25/28

    摘要: A valve for an air system in an aircraft engine, comprising: a housing defining a chamber having a valve axis circumscribed by a sealing surface; and a piston assembly within the chamber including: a sealing ring; and a body extending annularly about a piston axis collinear with the valve axis, having a first and a second piston surface axially spaced apart, a radially outer piston surface extending axially and located between the first and second piston surfaces, and an annular groove extending radially inwardly from the radially outer piston surface having first and second groove walls spaced apart and axially facing one another, the sealing ring within the annular groove, the body including: a first member defining the first piston surface and the first groove wall; and a second member defining the second piston surface and the second groove wall, the first member and the second member in mating engagement.