Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load reduction assemblies for a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US16226211Application Date: 2018-12-19
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Publication No.: US10584751B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Shuvajyoti Ghosh , Akash Joshi , Shivaram AC , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Praveen Sharma
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16C39/02
- IPC: F16C39/02 ; F01D21/08 ; F01D25/16 ; F16C29/12 ; F16C35/077 ; F16C35/067 ; F04D29/056

Abstract:
A load reduction assembly includes an annular bearing cone configured to extend between a bearing assembly and a frame assembly and form a first load path therebetween. The load reduction assembly further includes an annular recoupler member configured to extend between the bearing assembly and the frame assembly and form a second load path therebetween. The second load path is parallel to the first load path. The recoupler member includes a shape memory alloy configured to change stiffness in response to a change in a stress condition, thereby regulating an imbalance condition of a rotor shaft coupled to the bearing assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190128329A1 LOAD REDUCTION ASSEMBLIES FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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