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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042341 | Turbojet engine accessory gear box driveshaft; modular additional accessory An accessory gear box driveshaft in a turbojet engine with intermediate casing, designed to be mounted in a radial arm of the intermediate casing is disclosed. The shaft is mechanically connected, at a first end, to a an engine shaft of the turbojet engine, and is m... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7997085 | Gas turbine engine assembly and method of assembling same A method for assembling a gas turbine engine including a core gas turbine engine, a low-pressure turbine, a starter, and a generator is provided. The method includes coupling a starter to the core gas turbine engine, and coupling a generator to the low-pressure turb... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7878005 | Gas turbine engine A bypass turbofan gas turbine engine is started by an electric starter motor that is mounted directly about a downstream end or upstream of the low pressure spool of the engine. This causes air to be driven by a fan through a bypass duct around the engine casing. Cl... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874163 | Starter generator system for a tip turbine engine A starter-generator system for a tip turbine engine includes a starter motor with a fixed starter generator stator and a starter generator rotor. The fixed starter generator stator is mounted to a static inner support housing. The starter generator rotor surrounds t... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7823391 | Turbine engine arrangement A turbine engine arrangement incorporates an electrical machine combination which can act as a generator or motor. Thus, the combination during initial turbine engine arrangement start-up acts through this motor to drive shaft rotation. This shaft rotation creates c... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7810337 | Method to re-engage start of dynamoelectric machine A method of starting a gas turbine engine with a synchronous multiphase alternating current (AC) dynamoelectric machine with a rotor and a stator that allows re-engagement of a starting operation at non-zero rotor speeds comprises the steps of: applying electrical e... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7448220 | Torque control for starting system A start system for a gas turbine engine delivers starter current according to a schedule selected according to measured rotational speed and oil temperature of the gas turbine engine. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7434406 | Drive for using a direct driven generator to start a counter-rotating multi-spool gas turbine engine A drivetrain for a multi-spool counter rotating gas turbine engine may include a lay shaft for connecting a power turbine shaft of the engine with a gas generator shaft of the engine when the drivetrain is in engine start mode. In normal operation mode, an actuator ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7312550 | Architecture for electric machine In one aspect, an alternator is described which includes a current control apparatus including a stator winding and a control winding, wherein current control in the control winding regulates the stator winding. In another aspect, a gas turbine engine includes a mul... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288923 | Voltage-limited electric machine An electric alternator having a rotor, stator and at least one winding in the stator adapted to conduct a current, the machine also having and first and second magnetic circuits around different portions of the winding which may be configured relative to one another... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7259471 | Drive line for fluid flow power engine with speed guidance, power impact reduction and short-term energy storage Control procedure for a flow machine, wherein the flow machine comprises a turbine, which picks up power from a wind or water current, and a driveline, which transfers power from the turbine to an electric generator connected to an electricity grid of constant grid ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251942 | Integrated gearless and nonlubricated auxiliary power unit An auxiliary power unit (APU) includes a compressor, a turbine, a combustor, and a starter-generator unit all integrated within a single containment housing. The turbine has an output shaft on which the compressor is mounted, and the starter-generator unit is couple... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250688 | Narrow range variable frequency starter/generator system A starter/generator system for a gas turbine engine used in aeronautical applications that couples a single dynamoelectric machine to the gas turbine engine through a torque converter in a starting mode, and engages the engine to the dynamoelectric machine through a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246482 | Gas turbine engine bleed air power assist system and method A bleed air power assist system is coupled to a gas turbine engine that includes a high pressure turbine, a low pressure turbine, and an electrical generator driven by the high pressure turbine. The bleed air power assist system selectively bleeds air discharged fro... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7224082 | Turbomachine including an integrated electricity generator A turbomachine includes a high-pressure spool, an axial compressor of axis X mounted on a rotor and including a casing and at least one rear bearing disposed between the casing and the rotor of the compressor. The turbomachine further includes an electricity generat... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204090 | Modulated current gas turbine engine starting system A method and an apparatus for starting a gas turbine engine under various conditions are used to distribute a varying total amount of electric power to at least one of a starter, a fuel heater and an oil heater while providing fuel. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7171870 | Geared fluid drive with parallel start-up capability In a system in which a large motor, to be energized from a power grid, is connected to drive a main fluid drive through a main impeller shaft that has a main impeller shaft gear mounted on it, a relatively small start-up motor is provided, driving a start-up fluid d... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7131275 | Gas turbine engine system having an electric starter motor with integral clutch A gas turbine engine system includes an electric starter motor which utilizes a partially hollow or cupped shaped rotor. Space is provided inside the rotor to fit the required clutch, bearings, and drive shaft. A rotor shaft drives the input shaft through the clutch... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124662 | Reversible driving apparatus for PCU pumps An accessory driving apparatus for an aircraft system is connected to an accessory unit to be driven, such as a PCU pump. A gear set for transferring rotational power from the driving shaft to the driven shaft is provided for selective arrangement in first and secon... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126313 | Architecture for electric machine The invention includes an electric machine having a rotor, stator and at least one winding in the stator adapted to conduct a current, and a secondary winding, electrically isolated from the first winding and inductively coupled to the first winding, which may be us... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122994 | Control apparatus for a starter/generator system A control apparatus (202) for a starter/generator (110) of an aircraft electrical power system is provided. During a start mode of operation, AC power is provided by the control apparatus (202) to an exciter stator (114) of the starter/ge... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117683 | Main engine electric start system A main engine electric start system for gas turbine propelled aircraft that employs a low-power AC electrical power system to serve as an independent grid to control the functions of induction-type dynamoelectric machines coupled to the main propulsion engines and A... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104072 | Combined power main engine start system A starting system for starting the propulsion engines of gas turbine powered aircraft that combines power sources delivered by the APU so that essentially then entire power delivered by the APU for pneumatic, hydraulic and electric power is applied to corresponding ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093447 | Auxiliary power unit with an oil-free compressor An auxiliary power unit for aircraft with a load compressor that delivers cabin air free of oil contamination by supporting a drive shaft for the load compressor with oil-free bearings and coupling the load compressor to a gearbox and power head for the auxiliary po... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081682 | Portable power modules and related systems A portable power module trailerable over public roads and capable of providing at least approximately one megawatt of electrical power. In one embodiment, the portable power module includes a gaseous fuel motor drivably connected to an electrical generator. The moto... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073335 | Gas storage power station The present invention relates to a gas storage power station (1) having a turbine group (3) and a compressor group (4). The turbine group (3) has at least one turbine (5, 6) and a generator (10). During normal operation of t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7047722 | Small scale hybrid engine (SSHE) utilizing fossil fuels This invention describes a miniaturized hybrid diesel-electric engine formed by a closed-loop system powered by plasma-aided combustion of JP-8 fuel (or other hydrocarbon fuels) working in tandem with a vapor cycle utilizing miniaturized expanders and condensers. Th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042110 | Variable speed distributed drive train wind turbine system A variable speed wind turbine employing a rotor connected to a multiplicity of synchronous generators with wound field or permanent magnet rotors. A passive rectifier and an inverter are used for power transfer back to the grid. A Turbine Control Unit (TCU) commands... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7026783 | Drive system A drive system includes a central power supply with a line-commutated converter and a DC/DC converter connected downstream of the line-commutated converter, and a plurality of inverters, each inverter having an output connected a load, for example a motor, and a DC ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021042 | Geartrain coupling for a turbofan engine Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is used as a journal coating for a gearing system. A particular application is the planetary gear system of a geared turbofan engine. Particularly advantageous coatings are deposited via physical vapor deposition (PVD) techniqu... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013651 | Compact quick attach starter-generator installation A mounting system for mounting an air-cooled device to a mount, the device having a mounting flange and a cooling air outlet radially inward of an outer periphery of the device, the mounting flange adapted to cooperate with the mount, where the mounting system has a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6968699 | Sector staging combustor A combustor includes outer and inner liners joined together by a dome to define a combustion chamber. A row of air swirlers is mounted in the dome and includes corresponding main fuel injectors for producing corresponding fuel and air mixtures. Pilot fuel injectors ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965183 | Architecture for electric machine The invention includes an electric machine having a rotor, stator and at least one winding in the stator adapted to conduct a current, and a secondary winding, electrically isolated from the first winding and inductively coupled to the first winding, which may be us... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6954003 | Mobile, self-sufficient operating assembly for providing electrical energy A mobile, self-sufficient operating assembly for providing electrical energy which includes two internal-combustion engines (21, 23) as well as two generators (22, 24). The internal-combustion engines (21, 23) and the generators (22, 24) ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6941760 | Start system for expendable gas turbine engine A start system for an expendable gas turbine engine includes a pressurized oxygen source and a pyroflare igniter. The pressure source communicates oxygen to a compressor through a first passage to spin-up a rotor and communicates oxygen to a combustor through a seco... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940735 | Power converter system A power converter system advantageously employs a modular, bi-directionally symmetrical power converter assembly in a readily customizable configuration to interconnect a direct current power source to a three-phase alternating power grid. Connections external to th... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6766647 | Method for ignition and start up of a turbogenerator A method for ignition and start up of a gas turbine engine in which the fuel flow is supplied to the combustor at a substantially constant rate for ignition and the gas turbine engine is ramped up at a preset acceleration rate to a speed to provide a supply of combu... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6751940 | High efficiency gas turbine power generator A gas turbine power generator with ultra high efficiency, the generator being an assembly of electric motor-generator machines and counter rotating turbine configurations used in combination with a combustor having cogeneration of steam for combined cycle operation ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6735952 | Single pump lubrication and starter system The invention recites a microturbine system comprising a housing and a turbine including a rotary element having a shaft supported by the housing and rotatable about a rotary axis. A starter wheel is coupled to the shaft and rotatable in response to a stream of high... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6718926 | Starter motor having labyrinth ventilation passage An inside space of a starter motor having a motor, a magnetic switch and a reduction gear train is ventilated through a ventilation passage formed in the starter motor. The ventilation passage includes a labyrinth passage formed at a portion connecting a front housi... | 04/13/2004 |
