Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load reduction assemblies for a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US15331158Application Date: 2016-10-21
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Publication No.: US10197102B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Shuvajyoti Ghosh , Akash Joshi , Shivaram Ac , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Praveen Sharma
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: General Electric Company
- Agent Pamela Kachur
- Main IPC: F16C35/077
- IPC: F16C35/077 ; F16C39/02 ; F01D25/16 ; F01D5/02 ; F16C29/12 ; F01D21/08

Abstract:
A load reduction assembly includes an annular bearing cone configured to extend between a bearing assembly and a frame assembly and form a first load path therebetween. The load reduction assembly further includes an annular recoupler member configured to extend between the bearing assembly and the frame assembly and form a second load path therebetween. The second load path is parallel to the first load path. The recoupler member includes a shape memory alloy configured to change stiffness in response to a change in a stress condition, thereby regulating an imbalance condition of a rotor shaft coupled to the bearing assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180112554A1 LOAD REDUCTION ASSEMBLIES FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2018-04-26
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