Thermoplastic nosecone for a turbine engine

    公开(公告)号:US10823058B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US14764447

    申请日:2013-01-29

    Inventor: James T. Roach

    Abstract: A nosecone for a turbine engine includes a nosecone body and a nosecone mount. The nosecone body extends along an axis between a tip end and a base end. The nosecone body is configured from or otherwise includes thermoplastic material. The nosecone body includes a shell and an arrangement of ribs, which structurally support at least a portion of the shell. A thickness of the arrangement of ribs is greater than or substantially equal to approximately one half of a thickness of the shell. The nosecone mount is adapted to connect the nosecone body to a component of the turbine engine.

    Turbine engine case attachment and a method of using the same

    公开(公告)号:US10519863B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US14874049

    申请日:2015-10-02

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a turbine engine case assembly, the turbine engine case assembly including a fan case including an outer frame encircling an axis, the outer frame including an outer frame exterior surface and an outer frame interior surface, at least two mounts disposed on the outer frame exterior surface, wherein the at least two mounts are circumferentially spaced along the outer frame exterior surface, and a compliant attachment device operably coupled to the at least two mounts.

    AUTOMATED LAMINATE COMPOSITE SOLID PLY GENERATION
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    发明申请
    AUTOMATED LAMINATE COMPOSITE SOLID PLY GENERATION 审中-公开
    自动化层压复合固体发生

    公开(公告)号:US20160250812A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-01

    申请号:US15028557

    申请日:2014-10-01

    Abstract: A method for creating a laminate design geometry for a composite component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, defining a spatial volume of a solid defined between a plurality of external surface boundaries, defining an offset boundary spaced by an offset value from one of the plurality of external surface boundaries to define a region in which a ply is to be received, defining a partitioning boundary dividing the region into a ply portion and a resin portion; and repeating the steps of defining an offset boundary and defining a partitioning boundary by defining an offset boundary from any one of the plurality of external surface boundaries and the offset boundary in a previous iteration of defining an offset boundary.

    Abstract translation: 根据本公开的示例性方面,用于创建用于复合部件的层压板设计几何形状的方法包括限定在多个外表面边界之间限定的固体的空间体积,所述实体限定了由 从所述多个外表面边界中的一个边界偏移值来限定其中要接收层的区域,限定将所述区域分成帘布层部分和树脂部分的划分边界; 以及重复以下步骤:定义偏移边界并通过在前一次定义偏移边界的迭代中通过从多个外表面边界和偏移边界中的任一个定义偏移边界来限定分割边界。

    Attachment of structures having different physical characteristics

    公开(公告)号:US10099306B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US14510553

    申请日:2014-10-09

    Abstract: Methods of bonding first structures to second structures are disclosed wherein the first and second structures are fabricated materials having different physical characteristics. For example, the first structure may be a composite fan blade and the second structure may be a composite or metallic rotor, both for use in gas turbine engines. The method includes providing the first and second structures and plating or otherwise coating a portion of the first structure with a metal to provide a metal-coated portion. The method includes applying at least one intermediate material onto the metal-coated portion of the first structure. The method further includes bonding the metal-coated portion of the first structure and the intermediate material to the second structure. The bonding is carried out using a relatively low-temperature process, such as liquid phase bonding, including TLP and PTLP bonding. Brazing is also a suitable technique, depending on the materials chosen for the first and second structures.

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