Powder reclamation system for multiple metal powder processing devices
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12115557
A powder reclamation system is provided. The powder reclamation system includes a support structure; a filter housing movable relative to the support structure, the filter housing defining an inlet and an outlet; a raw reclaimed powder hopper in communication with the inlet of the filter housing; a first reclamation passageway in communication with the raw reclaimed powder hopper and configured to be in communication with a first metal powder processing device to recover a first unused…
Engine systems and methods
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12117019
Disclosed examples include an airfoil comprising: a pressure side and a suction side that are coupled together at a substantially radial trailing edge of the airfoil, wherein the substantially radial trailing edge is downstream from a leading edge, the leading edge including a sweep feature of a variable chord length, the variable chord length to include: a first increase in chord length and a decrease in chord length along a radial length from a hub end of the airfoil to an opposite tip…
Ammonia based hydrogen powered combined propulsion system
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116956
A propulsion system includes a turbine engine, and a ramjet engine arranged in parallel with the turbine engine, a fuel storage tank that stores a fuel, such as an ammonia-based fuel, a heat exchanger through which the fuel passes to obtain gaseous (or supercritical) fuel components of the fuel, and a separator that separates the gaseous fuel components into a first fuel component and a second fuel component. The first fuel component is provided to the ramjet engine for ramjet combustion…
Methods of control for management of hot fuel
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116935
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 adjusts parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.
Nacelle inlet duct for a ducted fan engine
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116932
An inlet duct for a nacelle of a ducted fan engine includes an inlet portion at an upstream end of the inlet duct, an acoustic liner arranged downstream of the inlet portion, and a fan section arranged downstream of the acoustic liner. The inlet portion and the acoustic liner are coupled together at an inlet-acoustic liner interface extending circumferentially about the inner surface of the inlet duct, and the acoustic liner and the fan section are coupled together at a fan section…
Bleed flow assembly for a gas turbine engine
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116929
A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine, the turbomachine defining a core flow therethrough during operation. A first heat exchange assembly is in fluid communication with the turbomachine for receiving a first bleed flow from the turbomachine. A second heat exchange assembly is in fluid communication with the turbomachine for receiving a second bleed flow from the turbomachine. A first flow outlet is provided for receiving the first bleed flow from the first heat exchange assembly…
Steam discharge pipe blowback protection system
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116907
The present application provides a steam discharge pipe blowback protection system for use with a steam discharge pipe and a flow of steam therethrough. The steam discharge pipe blowback protection system may include a vent stack pipe and a drip pan with an exit end of the steam discharge pipe extending through the drip pan and into the vent stack pipe. The drip pan includes a slide plate positioned around the steam discharge pipe such that a blowback in the flow of steam causes the…
Composite airfoils with frangible tips
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116903
Composite airfoils and methods for forming composite airfoils are provided. For example, a composite airfoil of a gas turbine engine comprises opposite pressure and suction sides extending radially along a span from a root to a tip, which define opposite radial extremities of the airfoil. The composite airfoil further comprises a body section and a tip section, which includes the tip, that each extend radially along the span. The composite airfoil is formed from a composite material…
Seal support assembly for a turbine engine
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116896
A turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine defines a radial direction and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly comprising a plurality of seal segments, the plurality of seal segments having a seal segment, the seal segment having a seal face configured to form a fluid bearing with the rotor; and a seal support assembly, the seal support assembly comprises a pneumatic engagement assembly…
Systems and methods of servicing equipment
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12115679
Systems and methods of servicing engines including a method of servicing an engine, the method including navigating at least a portion of a robotic assembly to a location associated with the engine; applying, from the robotic assembly, a medium to one or more adjustable components of the engine while the engine is at an elevated temperature; waiting a duration of time; and with the robotic assembly, operating on the one or more adjustable components.
Fuel oxygen reduction unit
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12115470
A fuel oxygen reduction unit is provided for reducing an oxygen content of a flow of liquid fuel to an engine. The fuel oxygen reduction unit includes: a stripping gas supply line for providing a flow of stripping gas; a contactor defining a liquid fuel inlet, a stripping gas inlet and a fuel/gas mixture outlet, the stripping gas supply line in airflow communication with the stripping gas inlet; a means for modulating the flow of stripping gas through the stripping gas supply line; and a…
Clearance control of fan blades in a gas turbine engine
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12110800
Clearance control systems with electromagnetic actuators are disclosed. An example electromagnetically-actuated clearance control system for a gas turbine engine comprises an electromagnetic coil coupled to a first end of a facesheet, the electromagnetic coil to generate a magnetic field in response to a connection of a power supply, a ferromagnetic sheet coupled to a second end of the facesheet, the ferromagnetic sheet drawn radially-inward toward the electromagnetic coil when the…
Component imaging systems, apparatus, and methods
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12111148
A system for imaging a component defining a negative space is provided comprising a component imaging assembly, a bolus insert, and an imaging device. The bolus insert is positionable in the component's negative space when the component is positioned within an imaging device imaging field to produce a component image. A method is provided comprising positioning a bolus insert within a component's negative space and scanning the component having the bolus insert to create an image of the…
Gas turbine fuel mixer comprising a plurality of mini tubes for generating a fuel-air mixture
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12111057
A mixer for blending fuel and air in a combustor of a turbine engine. The mixer includes a central body having a central passageway and a central axis. The mixer includes a plurality of tubes positioned radially around the central axis and circumferentially around a periphery of the mixer. Each of the tubes of the mixer includes opposed openings and a tangential opening. Each of the tubes of the mixer includes a cylindrical interior mixing passage configured to receive air flow from the…
Motorized apparatus for pipe inspection and repair
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12111006
Methods, systems, and apparatus are described for maintaining the interior cavities of pipes. In one aspect, a motorized apparatus includes a main body having a length extending along a longitudinal axis of the main body, where the main body comprises a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The motorized apparatus further includes at least one drive assembly coupled to at least one of the first end and the second end of the main body, where the at least one drive assembly…
Method for controlling a ramp rate of a wind park with a plurality of wind turbines and wind park
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12110865
A method 100 for controlling a ramp rate of a wind park with a plurality of wind turbines, the method comprising: determining 102 a generating pool of the wind park that includes wind turbines of the plurality of wind turbines that are online; for each wind turbine in the generating pool, measuring and/or determining a first set of quantities of the wind turbine, the first set of quantities including at least an average wind speed value at the wind turbine; based on the first set of…
Fuel systems for aircraft engines
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12110827
A turbo engine for an aircraft includes a gas turbine engine having a combustion section and a fuel system to provide pressurized fuel to the combustion section. The fuel system includes a fuel tank and a boost pump and a main pump driven by an accessory gearbox that is powered by a shaft of the turbo engine. The boost pump and the main pump are arranged in series. The fuel system also includes an auxiliary pump and a controller to operate the fuel system in (1) a first mode in which the…
Systems and method for detecting and responding to icing conditions in gas turbine engines
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12110825
An engine controller may include a processor and a feedback interface electrically coupled to the processor and one or more electric machine motor generators deployed in an aircraft engine. A memory, electrically coupled to the processor, is configured to store reference data used to indicate a presence of an icing condition. The processor is configured to monitor a feedback signal received at the feedback interface from the one or more electric machine motor generators and identify…
Gas turbine engine bleed air flow control
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12110810
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor with an inner casing and an outer casing. The inner casing defines a primary flow path for airflow through the compressor, the inner casing and the outer casing define a bleed air cavity therebetween. The inner casing at least partially defines a first bleed air channel between the primary flow path and the first bleed air cavity. The first bleed air channel is defined between a first wall and a second wall, wherein the first wall is upstream…
Fan blade with intrinsic damping characteristics
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12110805
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture corresponding to a fan blade with intrinsic damping characteristics are disclosed. An example fan blade comprises an exterior body including a first side and a second side; a first hairpin structure in contact with (a) the first side of the exterior body and (b) the second side of the exterior body; and a second hairpin structure in contact with (a) the first side and (b) the second side, wherein the first hairpin structure…
