WK Ackermann, PM Munsell - US Patent 10,415,468, 2019 - Google Patents
A gas turbine engine includes a buffer system that communicates a buffer cooling air to at least one bearing structure and at least one shaft of the gas turbine engine. The buffer …
FA Mignano - US Patent 7,708,519, 2010 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Turbine engines are used as the primary power source for many types of aircraft. The engines are also auxiliary power Sources that drive air compressors, hydraulic …
SD Virkler - US Patent 8,840,375, 2014 - Google Patents
US8840375B2 - Component lock for a gas turbine engine - Google Patents US8840375B2 - Component lock for a gas turbine engine - Google Patents Component lock for a gas turbine …
D Benjamin, D Carminati, DS Jang… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The present disclosure relates to a thermal management system used in a gas turbine engine, in particular in a com pressor section of the engine. Gas turbine engines …
WK Ackermann, PS Stripinis - US Patent 10,018,116, 2018 - Google Patents
US10018116B2 - Gas turbine engine buffer system providing zoned ventilation - Google Patents US10018116B2 - Gas turbine engine buffer system providing zoned ventilation …
SD Virkler, J Arnold - US Patent 8,662,845, 2014 - Google Patents
A rotor disk assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor disk with a circumferentially intermittent slot structure that extends radially outward relative to an axis of rotation. A heat …
GL Suciu, WK Ackermann - US Patent 9,957,895, 2018 - Google Patents
A gas turbine engine is provided that includes a compressor section, a combustor section with a multiple of pre-swirlers, a diffuser case module, and a manifold. The diffuser case …
S Drevs, S Pichel - US Patent 7,552,590, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A tube-type vortex reducer for the conduction of cooling air in a compressor (1) of a gas turbine, having radial secondary air tubes (2) arranged in a disk interspace (5) …
I Fitzgerald, C Seydel - US Patent 7,086,830, 2006 - Google Patents
A tube-type vortex reducer conducts cooling air in a compressor (1) of a gas turbine. Radial secondary air tubes (2) are arranged in a disk interspace (5) and attached to a compressor …