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公开(公告)号:US11674397B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-13
申请号:US16950940
申请日:2020-11-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Praveen Sharma , Naleen Kumar Verma , Nicholas Joseph Kray
CPC classification number: F01D5/10 , F01D25/164 , F05D2240/50 , F05D2250/14 , F05D2260/96
Abstract: A variable stiffness damper system including an inner spring positioned between a first wall and a second wall, in which the inner spring includes a first member and a second member each coupled together at a distal end by an inner bumper. The first member and the second member are each contoured toward one another. The first member, the second member, and the inner bumper form a cavity therebetween. An outer spring is positioned between the inner spring and the first wall or the second wall. The outer spring includes a spring arm contoured toward the inner spring. The outer spring includes an outer bumper positioned between the inner bumper and the first wall or the second wall. The inner bumper and the outer bumper are selectively couplable to one another based on a load applied to the damper system.
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公开(公告)号:US20230061131A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17644475
申请日:2021-12-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Prashant Bhujabal , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Narayanan Payyoor , Mohankumar Banakar , Weize Kang
Abstract: A bearing support assembly to support one or more bearings on a shaft. The bearing support assembly includes a bearing support frame configured to be coupled to a static frame, a plurality of ribs connected to the bearing support frame, and a bearing support connected to the plurality of ribs and configured to support a bearing of the one or more bearings. The bearing support assembly has a non-axisymmetric stiffness around a circumference of the bearing support assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20220412499A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-29
申请号:US17362313
申请日:2021-06-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Arvind Namadevan , Urmi Tejaswini , Dharmaraj Pachaiappan , Hiranya Nath , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
IPC: F16L55/10 , F16L55/027
Abstract: A check valve assembly for a supply pipe. The check valve assembly includes a hinge pin, a first flapper, and a second flapper. The first flapper is pivotally coupled to the second flapper with the hinge pin. The check valve assembly also includes a stopper located between the first flapper and the second flapper. The stopper is configured to limit movement of the first flapper and the second flapper. The check valve assembly further includes a plate assembly located downstream of the stopper. The plate assembly is configured to break vortices formed in a fluid flow across the first flapper and the second flapper.
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公开(公告)号:US11421551B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-23
申请号:US16099775
申请日:2017-05-23
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Akash Joshi , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Vidyashankar Ramasastry Buravalla , Shuvajyoti Ghosh , Shivaram A C
IPC: F01D25/16
Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order. A shaft is provided rotatable with at least a portion of the compressor section and with at least a portion of the turbine section. A bearing is also provided supporting rotation of the shaft, with a support element in turn supporting the bearing. The gas turbine engine also includes a superelastic member formed of a shape memory alloy supporting at least one of the support element or the bearing. The superelastic member is installed in a pre-stressed condition to enhance a dampening function of the superelastic member.
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公开(公告)号:US11365636B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-21
申请号:US16923911
申请日:2020-07-08
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Viswanadha Gupta Sakala , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Ambika Shivamurthy , Kirti Arvind Petkar
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture corresponding to a fan blade with intrinsic damping characteristics are disclosed. An example fan blade comprises an exterior body including a first side and a second side; a first hairpin structure coupled to the first side of the exterior body and the second side of the exterior body; and a second hairpin structure coupled to the first side and the second side, the first hairpin structure in contact with the second hairpin structure.
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公开(公告)号:US11242150B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-08
申请号:US16015283
申请日:2018-06-22
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Abstract: An aircraft can include an anti-icing system. The anti-icing system can include an array of carbon nanotubes thermally coupled to at least a first exposed surface of the aircraft. The anti-icing system can also include an array of solar cells carried by the aircraft and electrically coupled to the array of carbon nanotubes.
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公开(公告)号:US20210039799A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-11
申请号:US16535315
申请日:2019-08-08
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Praveen Sharma , Vinod Shashikant Chaudhari , Sivakumar Mahesh , Bhujabal Prashant Mahadeo , Mohan Kannaiah Raju , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Jagadisha Pai Nagarmat , Shivam Mittal
Abstract: A vibration isolation system for a gas turbine engine. The vibration isolation system includes a first fixed structure and a second fixed structure separate from the first fixed structure. The vibration isolation system further includes a connector coupling the first fixed structure to the second fixed structure. Additionally, the vibration isolation system includes an isolator, including a shape memory alloy material, associated with the connector. The isolator is arranged between the first fixed structure and the second fixed structure such that the isolator reduces vibrations transferred between the first fixed structure and the second fixed structure.
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公开(公告)号:US10823003B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-03
申请号:US15989869
申请日:2018-05-25
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Eduardo Aguilar , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Richard R. Schmidt
Abstract: A system for operating a turbo machine to maintain bearing engagement, the system including a bearing assembly; a first displacement device adjacent a bearing race; a second displacement device disposed adjacent the bearing race opposite of the first displacement device; an effort supply system disposed adjacent to the first and/or second displacement devices; and one or more controllers configured to perform operations. The operations include generating a first effort input at the first and/or second displacement devices; adjusting a thrust loading at the bearing assembly; generating a second effort input at the first displacement device greater than the first effort input; and displacing the bearing race opposite of the thrust loading at the bearing assembly via the generated second effort input at the first displacement device.
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公开(公告)号:US10584751B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-10
申请号:US16226211
申请日:2018-12-19
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Shuvajyoti Ghosh , Akash Joshi , Shivaram AC , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Praveen Sharma
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20190353052A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-21
申请号:US15979999
申请日:2018-05-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: A turbine engine including a bearing element coupled to a rotor assembly and a bearing housing disposed substantially concentric to the axial centerline of the turbine engine. The bearing housing includes a first member coupled to the bearing element. The first member defines a groove at which a variable stiffness element is coupled to the first member and disposed within the groove. The bearing housing defines a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion along a load direction. The first portion and the second portion together selectively define a gap therebetween based at least on a change in load along the load direction.
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