Cooling nozzle vanes of a turbine engine

    公开(公告)号:US12215604B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US18394810

    申请日:2023-12-22

    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This assembly includes a nozzle structure and a combustor wall. The nozzle structure includes a first platform, a second platform and a plurality of nozzle vanes arranged circumferentially about an axis. The nozzle vanes extends radially between and are connected to the first platform and the second platform. The combustor wall includes a plurality of apertures. An upstream portion of the combustor wall is radially between and borders a plenum and a combustion chamber. A downstream portion of the combustor wall is radially between and borders the plenum and a gap. The downstream portion of the combustor wall axially overlaps the nozzle structure with the gap formed by and extending between the combustor wall and the first platform. The apertures extends through the downstream portion of the combustor wall and are aligned with the nozzle vanes.

    TURBINE ENGINE SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH AIRFLOW PORTS

    公开(公告)号:US20250003590A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18745637

    申请日:2024-06-17

    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This engine assembly includes a combustor, an engine case, a support structure and a monolithic body. The combustor includes a combustor wall and a combustion chamber within the combustor. The combustor wall forms a peripheral boundary of the combustion chamber. The engine case forms a peripheral boundary of a plenum along the combustor. The support structure extends radially from the combustor wall to the engine case. The monolithic body includes the combustor wall, the engine case, the support structure and a plurality of ports arranged circumferentially about an axis. Each of the ports is fluidly coupled with the plenum and projects axially through the support structure. The ports include a first port. The first port includes a cross-sectional geometry that laterally tapers as the first port extends radially outward within the monolithic body.

    OIL PASSAGE BUILT INTO BEARING COMPARTMENT SPRING

    公开(公告)号:US20240151267A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18498651

    申请日:2023-10-31

    CPC classification number: F16C33/1085

    Abstract: According to an aspect, a bearing compartment includes a housing and a spring integrally formed with the housing. An oil passage is internally fabricated within the housing, and the oil passage extends into the spring. Further aspects can include a gas turbine engine with a bearing system and a method of manufacturing a bearing compartment.

    ADDITIVE PROCESSING-ENABLED THREADED INSERTS

    公开(公告)号:US20250035147A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18227651

    申请日:2023-07-28

    Abstract: A part intended for use with a threaded insert includes a main body manufactured from fully dense material and a plurality of localized, higher porosity, lower strength regions configured to accept a plurality of keys from the threaded insert. A method of inserting a threaded insert into a part includes the steps of providing a part with a main body manufactured from fully dense material and a plurality of localized, higher porosity, lower strength regions configured to accept a plurality of keys from the threaded insert; forming in the main body a threaded bore configured to accept the threaded insert in which a plurality of localized, higher porosity, lower strength regions surround a periphery of the threaded bore; forming a countersink in the threaded bore such that the countersink is adjacent to a top surface of the part; and inserting the threaded insert into the threaded bore to position the threaded part at or below the top surface of the part. A plurality of keys inserted into a plurality of dovetail slots established in external threads of the threaded insert align with the plurality of localized, higher porosity, lower strength regions. The plurality of keys are driven into the plurality of localized, higher porosity, lower strength regions to anchor the threaded inset into the part.

    POWDER BED FUSION RECOATER ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20250033280A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18227666

    申请日:2023-07-28

    Abstract: A recoater assembly for an additive manufacturing (AM) machine includes a recoater blade magazine, an optical transmitter associated with the recoater blade magazine, an optical sensor positioned to receive a light beam transmitted from the optical transmitter as the optical transmitter tracks the path of the primary recoater blade over the build powder bed, a controller configured to receive the failure signal transmitted from the optical sensor to the controller, a recoater blade disengagement mechanism, and a recoater blade compression mechanism positioned in the recoater blade magazine.

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