VARIABLE NOZZLES IN TURBINE ENGINES AND METHODS RELATED THERETO
Granted: March 5, 2020
Application Number:
20200072086
A method for constructing a variable nozzle assembly within a turbine engine that includes: constructing a variable nozzle sub-assembly; attaching the variable nozzle sub-assembly to a casing; and linking segments of a segmented shaft via an opening. Constructing the variable nozzle sub-assembly may include: attaching a downstream inner platform to a upstream inner platform; inserting an outer stem of a first segment through an outer stem opening formed through the downstream outer…
STATOR BLADES IN TURBINE ENGINES AND METHODS RELATED THERETO
Granted: March 5, 2020
Application Number:
20200072083
A method of modifying a casing of a turbine engine for attaching stator blades within a row of stator blades to the casing, the method including the steps of: forming a circumferentially extending groove in an inboard face of the casing; providing a segmented ring insert that includes bore holes spaced in accordance with a bore hole pattern that corresponds to the row of stator blades; inserting the segmented ring insert into the groove; and securing the segmented ring insert to the…
VARIABLE NOZZLES IN TURBINE ENGINES AND METHODS RELATED THERETO
Granted: March 5, 2020
Application Number:
20200072073
A turbine engine having a variable nozzle assembly that includes: a variable nozzle having an airfoil that extends radially across an annulus formed between inner and outer platforms; and a segmented shaft that translates a torque between segments included therewithin. The segmented shaft may include a first and second segment. The first segment of the segmented shaft may include: the airfoil of the variable nozzle; an outer stem extending from the outer end of the airfoil; and an inner…
AIRFOIL SHAPE FOR FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR STATOR VANE
Granted: March 5, 2020
Application Number:
20200072057
A system is provided, including an airfoil. The airfoil includes a first suction portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a suction side as set forth in TABLE I to a maximum of three decimal places, wherein the X and Y values of the suction side are coordinate values that couple together to define suction side sections of the first suction portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value, the…
COMBUSTION-POWERED FLOW CONTROL ACTUATOR WITH HEATED WALLS
Granted: March 5, 2020
Application Number:
20200070961
A flow control actuator includes a first side wall, a second side wall opposite and substantially parallel to the first side wall, an upstream wall mechanically coupled to upstream ends of the first and second side walls, and a downstream cap mechanically coupled to downstream ends of the first and second side walls. The first side wall, the second side wall, the upstream wall and the downstream cap collectively define an interior of the flow control actuator. An energy source is…
INTEGRATED CHARGER FOR VEHICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
Granted: March 5, 2020
Application Number:
20200070643
According to some embodiments, a traction system is disclosed. The traction system includes a DC bus, an energy storage device coupled to the DC bus, and a voltage converter assembly coupled to the energy storage device. The voltage converter assembly includes a plurality of phase legs. The traction system further includes an electromechanical device including a plurality of windings coupled to the voltage converter assembly. The traction system also includes a switch coupled to the DC…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING A SUBJECT
Granted: March 5, 2020
Application Number:
20200069261
A system for imaging is provided. The system includes an x-ray source, a detector, and a controller. The x-ray source is operative to transmit x-rays through a subject while the x-ray source continuously travels along a path defined by a sweep angle. The detector is operative to receive the x-rays after having passed through the subject. The controller is operative to: acquire preliminary data regarding the subject via the x-ray source and the detector; determine at least one acquisition…
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW DISTRIBUTION OF SOLID PARTICLES
Granted: February 27, 2020
Application Number:
20200061628
A turret includes a generally frusto-conical shaped body and a plurality of static straightening vanes arranged interior to the body, the vanes dividing the body into a plurality of substantially equal sections. The vanes are configured to straighten a swirling flow of solid particles as they enter the body, and to divide the swirling flow into a plurality of straightened flows that are communicated to a plurality of coal outlet pipes.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRID CONTROL OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RAY TUBE
Granted: February 27, 2020
Application Number:
20200068692
A system for grid control of an electromagnetic ray tube is provided. The system includes a power source, a rectifier, and a grid conductor. The power source is disposed apart from the electromagnetic ray tube and operative to generate an AC current. The rectifier is integrated into the electromagnetic ray tube and electrically coupled to a grid electrode of the electromagnetic ray tube. The grid conductor electrically couples the power source to the rectifier. The rectifier is operative…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ARTIFACT BLOOM IN A RECONSTRUCTED OBJECT
Granted: February 27, 2020
Application Number:
20200066010
A system for reducing artifact bloom in a reconstructed image of an object is provided. The system includes an imaging device, and a controller. The imaging device is operative to obtain one or more slices of the object. The controller is in electronic communication with the imaging device and operative to: generate the reconstructed image based at least in part on the one or more slices; and de-bloom one or more regions within the reconstructed image based at least in part on a contrast…
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPGRADING A PULVERIZER
Granted: February 27, 2020
Application Number:
20200061627
A method of upgrading a vertical spindle pulverizer includes the steps of removing a cover from a journal opening in a housing of the pulverizer to access a grinding zone of the pulverizer, removing a first journal assembly having a toroidal grinding roll from the pulverizer through the journal opening, removing a plurality of toroidal table segments from a grinding table of the pulverizer, installing a plurality of inclined bull ring segments on the grinding table, installing a second…
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAMMOGRAPHIC BREAST COMPRESSION
Granted: February 27, 2020
Application Number:
20200060632
A mammography apparatus includes a support plate for supporting a breast of a patient, a compression plate movable toward and away from the support plate for compressing the breast against the support plate, and a controller configured to control movement of the compression plate toward and away from the support plate. The controller is configured to adjust at least one of a rate of compression and a pressure applied to the breast based on a measurement of at least one of a diastolic…
REVERSE ROTATION DETECTION IN ROTATING MACHINERY
Granted: February 20, 2020
Application Number:
20200056502
A system includes a sensor configured to monitor rotating machinery and generate a signal based on a physical characteristic of the rotating machinery. The system also includes a monitoring system with a processor. The processor of the monitoring system is configured to receive the signal from the sensor. The processor determines an occurrence of reverse rotation of the rotating machinery by comparing the signal to a normal operating pattern to generate an initial value. The processor…
ACOUSTIC PANEL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
Granted: February 13, 2020
Application Number:
20200049075
An acoustic panel comprises a face sheet comprising a plurality of openings; a back sheet opposite to the face sheet; and an intermediate layer comprising a plurality of cells each comprising a cavity and a plurality of walls extending between the face sheet and the back sheet and surrounding the cavity. The plurality of walls can comprise at least one and possibly a plurality of slots for drainage. A method for making the acoustic panel is also described.
ACOUSTIC PANEL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
Granted: February 13, 2020
Application Number:
20200049074
An acoustic panel comprises: a face sheet comprising a plurality of openings; a back sheet opposite to the face sheet; and an intermediate layer comprising a plurality of cells each comprising a cavity and a plurality of walls extending between the face sheet and the back sheet and surrounding the cavity, the plurality of walls comprising a plurality of drainage slots and a plurality of covers covering the plurality of drainage slots and openable for drainage. A method for making the…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION SUPPORT
Granted: February 6, 2020
Application Number:
20200042603
Systems, methods, and tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media is described herein. For example, a system includes a portable non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device includes a display, a user interface, a memory storing an operations object having a first text in a first language, and a processor. The processor is configured to present the first text on the operations object via the display during an operation of the portable NDT device, and wherein the processor…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF GEOMETRIC FEATURES IN OBJECTS
Granted: February 6, 2020
Application Number:
20200041455
A method and system for determination of geometric features in an object is provided. The method includes receiving at least one geometric feature response to an ultrasound beam incident on the object. The incident ultrasound beam is produced from one of a plurality of ultrasound transducers. Further, a volumetric representation of the object is generated based on a plurality of object parameters. The volumetric representation of the object and a plurality of transducer parameters are…
THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Granted: February 6, 2020
Application Number:
20200041219
A method and assembly for conveying heat from a heat exchanger having a housing defining a fluid pathway including at least one fluid passageway leading from an inlet port of the heat exchanger to an outlet port of the heat exchanger, the housing have a first side and a second side, opposite the first side where the housing includes at least one aperture extending through the housing from the first side to the second side and where the aperture is fluidly separate from the fluid pathway…
VERTICALLY ORIENTED SEAL SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE VANES
Granted: February 6, 2020
Application Number:
20200040750
A seal system for a gas turbine vane includes a first seal layer and an optional second seal layer. Each first seal layer includes multiple seal segments, each of which includes a first leg, a second leg, and an intermediate portion between the first leg and the second leg. Each adjacent pair of seal segments of the first seal is separated by a gap. The seal segments define a substantially complete perimeter of a seal slot in which the first seal is installed. The second seal, which is…
SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CHANGES IN DOWNHOLE HYDROCARBON AND GAS SPECIES
Granted: January 30, 2020
Application Number:
20200032648
A sensing system for a resource recovery system is provided. The sensing system includes at least one sensing sub-assembly and a sensing computing device. The sensing computing device is configured to receive, from the at least one sensing sub-assembly, at least one signal that includes at least one pulse having at least one pulse peak. The sensing computing device is also configured to identify the at least one pulse peak which has a magnitude and a signal-to-noise ratio, and retrieve…
