MODULAR ACOUSTIC BLOCKS AND ACOUSTIC LINERS CONSTRUCTED THEREFROM
Granted: April 25, 2019
Application Number:
20190120143
An exhaust processing system that includes: an exhaust passageway for directing exhaust gases, the exhaust passageway having passageway walls that define and enclose the exhaust passageway between an upstream position and a downstream position; and an acoustic liner formed against and covering at least one of the passageway walls of the exhaust passageway. The acoustic liner may include uniformly configured modular acoustic blocks fitted against each other. The modular acoustic blocks…
CONNECTION ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN TURBINE ROTOR BLADES AND ROTOR WHEELS
Granted: April 25, 2019
Application Number:
20190120069
A turbine engine including: rotor blades circumferentially arrayed about a rotor wheel; a connection assembly by which each of the rotor blades connects to the rotor wheel, the connection assembly including: an axially oriented slot formed through a perimeter face of the rotor wheel; a root of the rotor blade installed within the slot, the root being shaped in relation to the slot such that the installation therein forms an axially extending shim cavity between opposing exterior surfaces…
Anesthesia Vaporizer Reservoir and System
Granted: April 25, 2019
Application Number:
20190117921
An anesthesia vaporizer system includes a vaporizer reservoir forming a sump chamber containing a liquid anesthetic agent, a piston that forms a first chamber on a first side of the piston. The vaporizer reservoir has a fill port configured to receive a refill container containing liquid anesthetic agent and to permit flow into the first chamber. A motor moves the piston between a first position and a second position, wherein the volume of the first chamber increases as the piston moves…
AFT FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE TRANSITION PIECE
Granted: April 18, 2019
Application Number:
20190113230
An aft frame assembly for a gas turbine transition piece has a main body with an upstream facing surface, a downstream facing surface, a radially outer facing surface and a radially inner facing surface. A plurality of feed hole inlets are located on the upstream facing surface. Each of the feed hole inlets are coupled to one of a plurality of cooling channels passing through the main body towards the radially inner facing surface. A plurality of microchannels are formed near the…
AFT FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE TRANSITION PIECE
Granted: April 18, 2019
Application Number:
20190112943
An aft frame assembly for a gas turbine transition piece includes a main body having an upstream facing surface and a downstream facing surface. A plurality of feed hole inlets are located on the upstream facing surface. The feed hole inlets are coupled to a plurality of cooling channels that pass through the main body towards the downstream facing surface. A plurality of plenums are located in or near the downstream facing surface, and each cooling channel is connected to and terminates…
AFT FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE TRANSITION PIECE
Granted: April 18, 2019
Application Number:
20190112937
An aft frame assembly for a gas turbine transition piece has a main body with an upstream facing surface and downstream facing surface. Feed hole inlets are located on the upstream facing surface, and each feed hole inlet is coupled to a cooling channel that passes through the main body towards the downstream facing surface. Plenums are located in or near the downstream facing surface. Each cooling channel is connected to and terminates in a plenum. Microchannels are formed in or near…
AFT FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE TRANSITION PIECE
Granted: April 18, 2019
Application Number:
20190112936
An aft frame assembly has a main body with an upstream facing surface, a downstream facing surface, a radially outer facing surface and a radially inner facing surface. Feed hole inlets are located on the upstream facing surface and radially outward of the outer sleeve so that the feed hole inlets are located to receive input from a high pressure plenum. The feed hole inlets are coupled to cooling channels that pass through the main body. Microchannels are formed in or near the radially…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING FASTENERS
Granted: April 11, 2019
Application Number:
20190107514
A fastener probe assembly includes a disc configured to rotate about a first axis of a fastener, an ultrasound probe coupled to the disc, and an encoder configured to determine an orientation of the ultrasound probe relative to the first axis of the fastener during an inspection of the fastener. The ultrasound probe is configured to interface with an axial end of the fastener, to emit ultrasound signals into the axial end of the fastener, and to receive ultrasound signals from the…
Creep Resistant Electron Emitter Material And Fabrication Method
Granted: April 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190103243
In the present invention, a flat emitter is formed from emitter material preforms shaped as thin sheets of the emitter material. These sheets are subjected to various levels and/or amounts of mechanical working during their initial formation and are bonded to one another to create a preform having the desired thickness. The preform including the bonded sheets is subsequently worked to shape the preform into the desired configuration for the emitter. The working of the sheets of emitter…
RESERVOIR COMBINER SYSTEM
Granted: April 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190103746
A reservoir includes power generation sources and energy storage systems. Some of the energy storage systems have a housing and energy storage devices. The energy storage systems are electrically connected to selected ones of the power generation sources. A system level combiner is in each of the energy storage systems, and the system level combiner combines power from the energy storage devices and selected ones of the power generation sources to provide system level combined power as a…
Communicating Alarm Trigger Status
Granted: April 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190103008
An alarm trigger communicating system and methods of using the same are provided. The alarm trigger communicating system can receive data characterizing an operational state of a machine and a timing information associated with the operational state. The system can access, based on the operational state, an alarm trigger of a plurality of alarm triggers, the alarm trigger can include predefined properties including an alarm threshold. The system can also display a graphical object…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL MONITORING SYSTEM
Granted: April 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190102077
A system includes a sensing device and an industrial monitor comprising a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensing device. The processor is configured to receive a measurement of a mechanical system during operation and determine a plurality of parameters of the mechanical system based on the received measurement. The system includes a portable monitoring device configured to individually present a series of screens on a display in response to user input, wherein…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE INTEGRITY OF A RADIATION DETECTOR
Granted: April 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190101439
A system for verifying the integrity of a radiation detector is provided. the system includes one or more data modules, one or more data lines, and a controller. The one or more data lines electronically connect one or more detector elements of the radiation detector to the one or more data modules. Each of the detector elements is operative to detect electromagnetic radiation. The controller is operative to induce a voltage in the one or more detector elements, obtain a reading from the…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYPERPOLARIZING A SUBSTANCE
Granted: March 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190094316
A system for hyperpolarizing a substance is provided. The system includes a cryostat, a polarizer, and a shuttle. The cryostat is operative to generate radicals within the substance by exposing the substance to electromagnetic radiation. The polarizer is operative to hyperpolarize the substance via the radicals, and to quench the radicals within the substance by adjusting a temperature of the substance after the substance has been hyperpolarized. The shuttle is operative to transport the…
FUEL PREHEATING SYSTEM FOR A COMBUSTION TURBINE ENGINE
Granted: March 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190093563
A combined cycle power plant that includes a gas turbine and HRSG engaged with a steam turbine via a water steam cycle having higher and lower pressure levels. The CCPP further includes a fuel line and fuel preheater. A higher pressure feedwater line delivers higher pressure feedwater to a higher pressure feedwater branch that extends through the fuel preheater, the high pressure feedwater branch including upstream and downstream segments defined to each side of the fuel preheater. A…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ONE OR MORE COOLING HOLES IN AN AIRFOIL FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
Granted: March 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190093483
A method for producing one or more cooling holes in an airfoil for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The method includes casting one or more hole starter bosses on a suction side, a pressure side, or both of the airfoil, drilling the one or more cooling holes into the airfoil by way of the one or more hole starter bosses, and removing the one or more hole starter bosses after drilling the one or more cooling holes into the airfoil.
WORKFLOW ASSISTANT FOR IMAGE GUIDED PROCEDURES
Granted: March 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190090954
A workflow assistance system for image guided surgical procedures includes an interventional imaging system. The interventional imaging system operates to move relative to a patient and to acquire interventional images during a surgical procedure. A surveillance system is arranged about a surgical suite and produces surveillance data. A workflow controller processes the surveillance data to identify locations of clinicians, the patient, the interventional imaging system, and medical…
Method and system for locomotive communications
Granted: March 14, 2019
Application Number:
20190082011
Methods and systems are provided for processing data generated in a vehicle group. One example embodiment comprises selectively off-boarding a data set generated at a first vehicle in the vehicle group for storage purposes, the first data set off-boarded to one or more of a second vehicle in the vehicle group and a remote storage device.
TWO-DIMENSIONAL TR PROBE ARRAY
Granted: March 14, 2019
Application Number:
20190079057
An ultrasonic sensor assembly includes a flexible supporting material that has flexibility configured for allowing bending of the supporting material to conform to a cylindrical shape of a pipe. The assembly includes a plurality of operable sensor elements arranged in a matrix formation upon the flexible supporting material. The matrix formation includes a plurality of rows of the sensor elements and a plurality of columns of the sensor elements. The flexible supporting material is…
PROXIMITY PROBE INTERCHANGE COMPENSATION
Granted: March 7, 2019
Application Number:
20190072688
A system includes a proximity probe. The system also includes a probe information element. The probe information element is coupled to the proximity probe. The probe information element includes first data corresponding to one or more first error characteristics of the proximity probe.
