公开(公告)号：US20230271723A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US18144050

申请日：2023-05-05

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Todd William Danko ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Margeaux Wallace ,  Hrishikesh Keshavan ,  Bernard Patrick Bewlay ,  Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. ,  Michael Dean Fullington ,  Andrew Crispin Graham ,  Trevor Owen Hawke ,  Julian Matthew Foxall ,  Ahmed M. ELKady

IPC: B64F5/40 ,  B05B15/68 ,  B05B15/70 ,  B05B12/12 ,  G01N21/88 ,  G01N21/954

CPC classification number: B64F5/40 ,  B05B15/68 ,  B05B15/70 ,  B05B12/124 ,  G01N21/8851 ,  G01N21/954

Abstract: A method for inspecting and repairing a surface of a component of a gas turbine engine, the method including: inserting an inspection and repair tool into an interior of the gas turbine engine; inspecting the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool; performing a repair of the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool from within the interior of the gas turbine engine, the inspection and repair tool remaining within the interior of the gas turbine engine between inspecting the component and performing the repair of the surface of the component.

公开(公告)号：US11655720B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17313538

申请日：2021-05-06

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Hrishikesh Keshavan ,  Atanu Saha ,  Margeaux Wallace ,  Mamatha Nagesh ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Jr.

IPC: F01D5/28 ,  F01D5/00 ,  B05D5/00 ,  B05D7/24

CPC classification number: F01D5/288 ,  B05D5/005 ,  B05D7/24 ,  F01D5/005 ,  F05D2220/32 ,  F05D2230/31 ,  F05D2230/80 ,  F05D2230/90 ,  F05D2240/35 ,  F05D2260/231 ,  F05D2300/611 ,  F05D2300/701

Abstract: A sprayable thermal barrier coating powder mixture for a gas turbine engine includes: a dry composition having a low surface area ceramic powder having a median particle size distribution greater than 5 microns and less than 50 microns, and a high surface area ceramic powder having a median particle size distribution smaller than 5 microns, wherein the low surface area ceramic powder makes up at least 50% by weight of the dry composition of the sprayable thermal barrier coating powder mixture.

公开(公告)号：US11624288B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US15865495

申请日：2018-01-09

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Hrishikesh Keshavan ,  Byron Andrew Pritchard ,  Cathleen Ann Hoel ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Michael Solomon Idelchik ,  Bernard Patrick Bewlay

IPC: C23C28/00 ,  F01D5/28 ,  B23K26/364 ,  F01D25/00 ,  C23C4/11 ,  F01D5/00

Abstract: A coated component including a slotted ceramic coating with a reactive phase coating disposed thereon for improved resistance to environmental contaminant compositions, along with methods of its formation, is provided. The coated component may include a substrate defining a surface, a ceramic coating disposed on the surface of the substrate, and a reactive phase coating disposed on the layer of environmental contaminant compositions. The ceramic coating includes a plurality of slots disposed in the ceramic coating forming segments of ceramic coating material.

公开(公告)号：US11555413B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17220112

申请日：2021-04-01

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. ,  Keith Anthony Lauria ,  Erica Elizabeth Sampson ,  Bernard Patrick Bewlay ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Michael Robert Millhaem ,  William Francis Navojosky ,  Nicole Jessica Tibbetts ,  Gongguan Wang ,  Andrew Crispin Graham

IPC: F01D25/00 ,  B08B3/02

Abstract: Systems and methods for treating a component of an installed and assembled gas turbine engine are provided. Accordingly, the method includes operably coupling a delivery assembly to an annular inlet of a core gas turbine engine. A portion of treating fluid is atomized with the delivery assembly to develop a treating mist having a plurality of atomized droplets. The atomized droplets are suspended within any path of the core gas turbine engine from the annular inlet to an axial position downstream of a compressor of the core gas turbine engine. A portion of the treating mist is impacted or precipitated onto the component so as to wet the component, and a portion of the deposits on the component is dissolved by the treating mist.

公开(公告)号：US11549382B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US17089331

申请日：2020-11-04

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Hrishikesh Keshavan ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Margeaux Wallace ,  Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. ,  Almed M. Elkady ,  Atanu Saha ,  Mamatha Nagesh ,  Bernard Patrick Bewlay

IPC: F01D5/28 ,  C23C4/11 ,  C23C4/02 ,  C23C4/134

Abstract: A coated component of a gas turbine engine includes a substrate defining a surface, a thermal barrier coating deposited on the surface of the substrate, a region of the component where the thermal barrier coating has spalled from the substrate, a layer of environmental contaminant compositions formed on one or more of the thermal barrier coating or the region of the component where the thermal barrier coating has spalled from the substrate in response to an initial exposure of the component to high operating temperatures of the gas turbine engine, and a thermal barrier coating (TBC) restoration coating deposited at least on the region of the component where there thermal barrier coating has spalled from the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US11506077B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US17167435

申请日：2021-02-04

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. ,  Deepak Trivedi ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Michael Robert Millhaem

IPC: F01D25/00 ,  B08B9/00 ,  B08B3/00

Abstract: An inflatable device equipped with a guiding mechanism and methods of installing the inflatable device to form a temporary barrier within a gas turbine engine are provided. In one aspect, an inflatable device includes a backbone and an inflatable bladder connected thereto. The backbone is formed of a flexible and inextensible material. The inflatable bladder is formed of an expandable material. To install the inflatable device within an annular chamber of a gas turbine engine, the backbone is inserted into a first access port of the engine and is moved circumferentially around the annulus of the chamber. The backbone is retrieved through a second access port. The inflatable bladder is moved into position within the chamber by pushing the backbone into the first access port and/or pulling the backbone out of the second access port. When positioned in place, the inflatable bladder is inflated to form an annular seal.

公开(公告)号：US11371425B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US17027754

申请日：2020-09-22

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. ,  Erica Elizabeth Sampson ,  William Francis Navojosky ,  Keith Anthony Lauria ,  Nicole Jessica Tibbetts ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Bernard Patrick Bewlay ,  Michael Robert Millhaem ,  Gongguan Wang

IPC: F02B77/04 ,  B64F5/30 ,  B08B3/08 ,  B08B3/10

Abstract: Systems and methods for cleaning deposits from a component of an assembled, on-wing gas turbine engine are provided. Accordingly, the method includes operably coupling a delivery assembly to an annular inlet of a core gas turbine engine. A portion of cleaning fluid is atomized with the delivery assembly to develop a cleaning mist having a plurality of atomized droplets. The atomized droplets are suspended within any path of the core gas turbine engine from the annular inlet to an axial position downstream of a compressor of the core gas turbine engine. A portion of the cleaning mist is impacted or precipitated onto the component so as to wet the component, and a portion of the deposits on the component is dissolved by the cleaning mist.

公开(公告)号：US11358171B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16777448

申请日：2020-01-30

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Bernard Patrick Bewlay ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Byron Pritchard ,  Krzysztof Lesnicki ,  Hrishikesh Keshavan ,  Mehmet Dede ,  Larry Rosenzweig ,  Jay Morgan

IPC: B05D1/02 ,  B05B7/10 ,  B05B7/16 ,  B64F5/40 ,  B05B7/08 ,  F01D5/00 ,  B05B7/04 ,  B05B7/02 ,  B05B7/06 ,  B05B12/00 ,  B05B1/04 ,  B05B13/04

Abstract: An atomizing spray device includes a housing having plural inlets and one or more outlets fluidly coupled with each other by an interior chamber. The inlets include a first inlet shaped to receive a first fluid and a second inlet shaped to receive a slurry of ceramic particles and a second fluid. The interior chamber in the housing is shaped to mix the first fluid received via the first inlet with the slurry received via the second inlet inside the housing to form a mixture in a location between the inlets and the one or more outlets. The interior chamber in the housing also is shaped to direct the mixture formed inside the housing as droplets outside of the housing via the one or more outlets such that, based on a discharged amount of the first fluid in the droplets, the first fluid promotes evaporation of the second fluid as the droplets traverse from the housing toward a surface of a component.

公开(公告)号：US11028727B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US15727269

申请日：2017-10-06

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Keith Anthony Lauria ,  Michael Edward Eriksen ,  Nicole Jessica Tibbetts ,  Bernard Patrick Bewlay ,  Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. ,  Shantanu M. Sane

IPC: F01D25/00 ,  B01F5/04 ,  B01F3/04 ,  B29C64/10 ,  B05B7/00 ,  B08B3/00 ,  F02C7/30 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A turbine engine cleaning system includes a foaming nozzle. The foaming nozzle includes a wall having a thickness between an outer surface of the wall and an inner surface of the wall. The outer surface of the wall is configured to contact a detergent in which the foaming nozzle is configured to be disposed. The inner surface of the wall surrounds an inner plenum of the foaming nozzle, and the inner plenum is configured to receive an aerating gas. The foaming nozzle also includes a first row of first through holes fluidly coupled to, and extending between, a first row of first through hole inlets at the inner surface of the wall and a first row of first through hole outlets at the outer surface of the wall. The foaming nozzle also includes a second row of second through holes disposed axially adjacent to the first row of second through holes with respect to a longitudinal axis of the inner plenum, where the second row of second through holes is fluidly coupled to, and extending between, a second row of second through hole inlets at the inner surface of the wall and a second row of second through hole outlets at the outer surface of the wall. The foaming nozzle also includes cross-sections of the first through holes and the second through holes having regular shapes.

公开(公告)号：US10995624B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US15199084

申请日：2016-08-01

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Patrick James McCluskey ,  Bernard Patrick Bewlay ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni ,  Krzysztof Jacek Lesnicki ,  Byron Andrew Pritchard ,  Nicole Jessica Tibbetts

IPC: F01D5/28 ,  F04D29/02 ,  F04D29/32 ,  F04D29/54 ,  C23C14/10 ,  C23C14/06 ,  C23C14/08 ,  C23C14/30 ,  C23C14/22

Abstract: An article includes a substrate that is substantially opaque to visible light and a coating disposed on the substrate. The coating includes a coating material having an inherent index of refraction, wherein the coating has an effective index of refraction that is less than the inherent index of refraction, and wherein the effective index of refraction is less than 1.8.