CMC component and fabrication using mechanical joints
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11802486
A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component including a first subcomponent and a second subcomponent. The first component formed of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) including reinforcing fibers embedded in a matrix and the second CMC subcomponent formed of one of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) including reinforcing fibers embedded in a matrix or a monolithic ceramic material. The subcomponents further including an interlocking mechanical joint joining the first subcomponent and the…
Distributed control modules with cumulating command references
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11803168
A distributed control system may include a main processing unit, a distributed control module, and a controllable component. The distributed control module may be configured to receive a nominal command reference from the main processing unit, determine a series of cumulating command references based at least in part on the nominal command reference; and output a series of cumulating control commands to the controllable component. The series of cumulating control commands may be based at…
Combustor swirl vane apparatus
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11802693
A swirler apparatus for a combustor, including: primary and secondary swirlers disposed axially adjacent to each other along a swirler centerline; the primary swirler including a plurality of primary swirl vanes arrayed around the swirler centerline, each primary swirl vane including opposed sides bounded between opposed forward and aft edges and opposed leading and trailing edges; wherein the forward edge is oriented at a first vane angle with respect to a radial direction; wherein the…
Tube coupling
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11802640
A tube coupling for coupling a first tube and a second tube. The tube coupling includes an inner shroud including a ball portion and an outer shroud including a socket portion. The socket portion receives the ball portion. The tube coupling includes a compressive ring configured to elastically compress the outer shroud onto the inner shroud. The ball portion and the socket portion form a ball and socket joint. The ball and socket joint allows relative angular movement and relative axial…
System for a tower segment of a tower, a respective tower segment, and a wind turbine having a tower segment
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11802577
A system for a tower segment of a tower is presented, wherein the tower segment is configured for forming at least partially a part of a tower for carrying a structure, in particular for supporting a nacelle of a horizontal-axis wind turbine or a machine house of a vertical-axis wind turbine. The system is configured to be attached, arranged, and/or mounted to the tower segment and comprises at least an airflow manipulation arrangement and a support arrangement. The airflow manipulation…
Method and system for detection and mitigation of edge-wise vibrations in wind turbine blades
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11802545
A method for detecting and reducing edgewise vibrations in a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes, for a given wind speed, determining a frequency or frequency band at which edgewise vibrations are producible in the rotor blade. The method determines an electrical characteristic of the pitch actuator that correlates to an increased torque required to hold a pitch angle of the rotor blade constant at the frequency or frequency band. During an operational power-production mode of the…
Jointed rotor blade having internal support structure with varying fiber orientation for pin reinforcement
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11802543
A rotor blade for a wind turbine includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. The blade segments each have at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface and an internal support structure. The internal support structure of the first blade segment includes a beam structure that structurally connects with the internal support structure of the second blade segment via a receiving section. The rotor blade further…
Method for installing and retaining a bushing in a bearing block of a rotor blade joint
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11802542
A rotor blade for a wind turbine includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the first and second blade segments includes at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface. The rotor blade also includes one or more pin joints for connecting the first and second blade segments at the chord-wise joint. The pin joint(s) includes one or more pin joint tubes received within the pin joint slot(s). The pin joint…
Outlet guide vane
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11802525
An unducted single fan engine includes a housing having one or more fan blades coupled to the housing and configured to rotate circumferentially. The engine has one or more outlet guide vanes coupled to the housing. Each of the one or more guide vanes has a leading edge portion having a variable leading edge. The engine has one or more actuation devices coupled to each of the one or more outlet guide vanes. The one or more actuation devices are configured to control the variable leading…
Torsional damping for gas turbine engines
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11802492
The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine assembly having a compressor configured to increase pressure of incoming air, a combustion chamber, at least one turbine coupled to a generator, a torsional damper, and a controller. The combustion chamber is configured to receive a pressurized air stream from the compressor. Further, fuel is injected into the pressurized air in the combustion chamber and ignited so as to raise a temperature and energy level of the pressurized…
Apparatuses for continuously refreshing a recoater blade for additive manufacturing including a blade feed unit and arm portion
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11801633
The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing systems and methods involving a mechanism for feeding in a desired amount of fresh recoater blade. This can be accomplished by, for example, spooling the fresh blade material from a spool. This helps prevent work stoppage when a portion of a recoater blade becomes damaged. As such, the present disclosure also relates to a system and method for detecting whether a recoater blade is damaged, and if there is damage, then…
Utilizing optical data to control operation of a snake-arm robot
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11801607
The present disclosure is related to methods and systems for controlling a snake-arm robot. The method includes receiving real-time image data associated with an operating environment or a location of a workpiece from optical sensor(s) mounted on a robot head of the robot; receiving input data describing a desired pose of the robot head; computing and translating a desired displacement of the robot head; computing a position of each of the links of the snake-arm robot to follow motion of…
Wash system for a gas turbine engine
Granted: October 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11801536
A water wash system (200) for a gas turbine engine (100) having a fan (126) and a front hub (136), the front hub (136) can be rotated with the fan (126). The water wash system (200) generally includes a head unit (202) and a base assembly (204). The head unit (202) includes a mounting structure (206) and one or more wash fluid lines (208) for spraying a wash fluid into the gas turbine engine (100). The mounting structure (206) defines an inner friction surface (252) for contacting the…
Infant warming system having ECG monitor and method for providing resuscitation assistance
Granted: October 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11793457
An infant warming system comprising a platform for supporting an infant, at least two chest electrodes configured to connect to and detect cardiac potentials from a chest of the infant, an ECG monitor configured to receive the cardiac potentials from the at least two chest electrodes and determine a heart rate based on the cardiac potentials, a pulse oximeter device configured to determine an SpO2 for the infant, and a processor configured to compare the heart rate for the infant to a…
Resilient network configuration for time sensitive traffic
Granted: October 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11799788
According to some embodiments, system and methods are provided, comprising receiving, from a network configuration module, configuration data at a network driver of a communication network; configuring the network driver based on the received configuration data; receiving one or more data packets at the network driver from an application; determining that one or more segregation features are present in the data packet based on the received configuration data; transmitting the one or more…
Charging pad and a method for charging one or more receiver devices
Granted: October 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11798737
A charging pad for charging one or more receiver devices is disclosed. The charging pad includes a power drive unit configured to generate a first AC voltage signal having a first frequency and a second AC voltage signal having a second frequency. Further, the charging pad includes a transmitting unit including a single power exchange coil coupled to the power drive unit, wherein the single power exchange coil includes a first coil segment configured to transmit the first AC voltage…
Performance manager to autonomously evaluate replacement algorithms
Granted: October 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11797890
Methods and apparatus disclosed herein autonomously evaluate replacement algorithms. An example system associated with a live environment executing a current algorithm includes at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to manage execution of the current algorithm in the live environment, the live environment associated with a deployment platform, and manage, based on receipt of at least one potential replacement algorithm, a shadow environment…
Parallelized fabrication using multi beam additive printing of subordinate files
Granted: October 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11796981
The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing or printing of an object using parallel processing of files comprising 3D models of the object and/or portions thereof. A master file comprising a 3D model of the object is divided into subordinate files, wherein each subordinate file comprises a 3D model of a corresponding portion of the object. Each subordinate file is processed in parallel, controlling at least a first laser source to fabricate each portion from a…
Method and apparatus for determining a state of charge for a battery
Granted: October 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11796598
Briefly, embodiments of a system, method, and article for estimating a true state of charge (SOC) measurement for a battery based, at least in part, on a measurement of a rate of change of current supplied to the battery at a particular constant voltage value based, in part, on a current charging profile for the battery indicating a mapping between measurements of rates of change of current supplied to the battery at the particular constant voltage value and SOC measurements for the…
Louvers, and wind turbines comprising such louvers
Granted: October 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11796217
The present disclosure relates to louvers for enabling an air passage between an outside and an inside. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to louvers enabling said air passage while minimizing rain ingress towards an interior and minimizing noise produced in the interior. The present disclosure further relates to wind turbines including said louvers.
