General Electric Patent Applications

DISPATCH ADVISOR TO ASSIST IN SELECTING OPERATING CONDITIONS OF POWER PLANT THAT MAXIMIZES OPERATIONAL REVENUE

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240095623
A dispatch advisor to assist in selecting operating conditions of a power plant that maximizes operational revenue is described. The dispatch advisor obtains a base load map for operating the power plant to meet base load power demands. The base load map includes a primary base load operating space for attaining target plant power output and efficiency, and an expanded base load portion for attaining higher plant power output and less than optimal efficiency. Both the primary base load…

GAS TURBINE ENGINES WITH HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEMS

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240093642
A gas turbine engine includes a fan located at a forward portion of the gas turbine engine, a compressor section and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order. The compressor section and the turbine section together define a core airflow path. A rotary member is rotatable with at least a portion of the compressor section and with at least a portion of the turbine section. An outlet guide vane assembly includes multiple outlet guide vanes located in an exhaust airflow path…

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GUIDING A CUTTING/DRILLING TOOL AND CAPTURING GENERATED FOREIGN MATERIAL

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240091864
A guide for cutting a dowel pin of a rotor assembly is provided. The guide includes a catch basin, including a first catch basin portion and a second catch basin portion, and a shim. The first catch basin portion and the second catch basin portion form a cutting tool receiver. The shim extends from a first edge having a cross-section that is complementary to a surface of the rotor assembly. The first catch basin portion and the second catch basin portion form a receptacle that…

MATERIAL SYSTEMS FOR REPAIR OF THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND METHODS THEREOF

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240084703
Methods for repairing a thermal barrier coating deposited on a component with localized spallation of the thermal barrier coating includes depositing a primer slurry on a thermally grown oxide of the component exposed by the localized spallation, depositing a ceramic slurry on the primer slurry, and heating the primer slurry and the ceramic slurry. The primer slurry includes a primer that includes at least one of a metal and a metal oxide. The ceramic slurry includes a ceramic material,…

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Granted: March 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240076779
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatuses for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) during additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Such methods and apparatuses can be used to embed chemical signatures into manufactured objects, and such embedded chemical signatures may find use in anti-counterfeiting operations and in manufacture of objects with multiple materials.

ROTOR BLADE ASSEMBLIES FOR TURBINE ENGINES

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240068372
A rotor blade assembly for a turbine engine, including an airfoil blade including an inner diameter end and an outer diameter end, a lower blade carrier coupled to the inner diameter end of the airfoil blade and rigidly coupled to a disk via a pin, an upper blade carrier coupled to the outer diameter end of the airfoil blade, and an outer drum coupled to the upper blade carrier via a radial joint. The radial joint supports radial motion of the upper blade carrier relative to an axis…

AIRCRAFTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONSTANT TORQUE ON TAKEOFF

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240067347
An aircraft includes a gas turbine engine, an electric motor, and a propulsion device. The gas turbine engine and the electric motor are configured to provide a target cumulative output to the propulsion device. An electronic control unit is configured to set the gas turbine engine to a first engine mode to provide a first engine output to the propulsion device, set the electric motor to a first motor mode to provide a first motor output to the propulsion device, a sum of the first…

STATUS INDICATORS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CAPACITORS

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240062642
A status indicator for a capacitor may include first and second indicator plates, each respectively defining a first face and a second face visually distinct from the first face. The first face of each of the first and second indicator plates is displayed during nominal operation of the capacitor. The second face of only one of the first and second indicator plates is displayed in response to a partial failure of the capacitor. The second face of each of the first and second indicator…

SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR TRANSCEIVER FILTERS

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240063836
A transceiver system may include a transmitter, a receiver, an antenna port that is connectable to the transmitter or to the receiver, a filter send port, and a filter return port. The filter ports may be antenna-side or receiver-side, and connectable across at least one filter between the antenna port and the receiver. A transceiver apparatus may include a housing including the transmitter, the receiver, a transceiver switch, and a filter switch assembly in a chamber of the housing. The…

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRON BEAM FOCUSING IN ELECTRON BEAM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240062983
A system for melting, sintering, or heat treating a material is provided. The system includes a cathode, an anode, and a focus coil assembly having a quadrupole magnet. The quadrupole magnet includes four poles and a yoke. The four poles are spaced apart and surround a beam cavity. Each of the four poles includes a pole face proximate the beam cavity and an end opposite the pole face. The first and third poles are aligned along an x-axis and configured to have a first magnetic polarity…

ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED JOINED PARTS

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240058889
A joined part comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a guide slot at least partially defined by a porous structure. A joint material is disposed within the porous structure. The second portion is disposed within the guide slot and contacts the porous structure and the joint material disposed therein to form an interfacial joint between the first portion and the second portion. A method of manufacturing the joined part includes disposing a joint…

SENSORS FOR USE IN HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS

Granted: February 15, 2024
Application Number: 20240055864
In the field of high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission networks there is a need for an improved sensor failure detector. A sensor failure detector, for use in HVDC power transmission networks, includes an intelligent electronic device. The intelligent electronic device has a first input to receive in-use a number of first sample values from a first sensor measuring a given operational characteristic, and a second input to receive in-use a number of second sample values…

DUCTED TURBOMACHINERY ENGINES

Granted: February 15, 2024
Application Number: 20240052785
A turbomachinery engine comprises a ducted fan, a high-pressure compressor, a low-pressure turbine, a gearbox, and a ducted engine correlation parameter (DECP). The DECP is within a range of 0.10-0.25 and is defined as 10*D/GR/NLPT/NHPC, where D is a fan blade tip diameter at a leading edge of the ducted fan measured in feet, GR is a gear ratio of the gearbox, NLPT is a stage count of the low-pressure turbine, and NHPC is a stage count of the high-pressure compressor.

JOINED PARTS COMPRISING A JOINT MATERIAL

Granted: February 15, 2024
Application Number: 20240051019
A green body part comprises a first green portion, a second green portion, an interfacial joint between the first green portion and the second green portion, and a joint material disposed within the interfacial joint. The joint material comprises a powder having a particle size distribution than or equal to 1 ?m and less than or equal to 50 ?m. A method of manufacturing a joined part includes applying a joint material on a face of the first green portion and contacting the second green…

METHODS OF CONTROL FOR MANAGEMENT OF HOT FUEL

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044290
A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system can be controlled to adjust one or more parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.

COOLING SYSTEM FOR SEAL ASSEMBLIES

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044262
This disclosure is directed to cooling systems for turbomachine seal assemblies. The seal assemblies include stationary and rotating components and at least one interface between the stationary and rotating components. During operation of the turbomachine, the components of the seal assemblies generate heat, which is removed from the seal assembly by the cooling systems of this disclosure. In some examples, the cooling system includes a reservoir of lubricant that is distributed to a…

METHODS OF CONTROL FOR MANAGEMENT OF HOT FUEL

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044290
A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system can be controlled to adjust one or more parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.

COOLING SYSTEM FOR SEAL ASSEMBLIES

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044262
This disclosure is directed to cooling systems for turbomachine seal assemblies. The seal assemblies include stationary and rotating components and at least one interface between the stationary and rotating components. During operation of the turbomachine, the components of the seal assemblies generate heat, which is removed from the seal assembly by the cooling systems of this disclosure. In some examples, the cooling system includes a reservoir of lubricant that is distributed to a…

WATER-BASED BINDER SOLUTIONS FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240034902
A water-based binder solution comprises a thermoplastic binder, greater than or equal to 4 wt % to less than or equal to 20 wt % of a non-aqueous solvent having a boiling point greater than or equal to 100° C. and less than or equal to 175° C., and water. The thermoplastic binder comprises a first polymer strand having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 5,000 g/mol to 15,000 g/mol; and at least one of a second polymer strand having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of…

PLANET GEAR CLEARANCES IN EPICYCLIC GEARBOXES

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240035418
An epicyclic power gear box for a gas turbine engine delivers torque from a low speed shaft to the primary fan. The gear box includes a planet gear and a bearing pin for the planet gear, sun gear and ring gear. The planet gear and bearing pin are arranged so that a clearance between the two is maintained during a takeoff condition for the gas turbine engine.